Key Takeaways Raising the minimum wage might increase the number of “good jobs” that provide solid benefits, reasonable ...

Four states will increase their minimum wage in 2026. Here's the state that has the highest minimum wage in the U.S., at $16.66 per hour.

Twenty-one states have raised their minimum wage in 2025, affecting more than nine million workers and thousands of employers. And there may be more to come: From Connecticut to Virginia, Democrats ...

Beyond that, the minimum wage is a crude and wasteful tool for redistribution. Many minimum-wage workers are not poor, but ...

Governments’ embrace of high minimum wages is not a fad. It reflects the favourable attitude of many economists towards the ...

M illions of people are set to get a pay rise from April due to an increase in the minimum wage, the government has announced ...