Twenty-two states will raise their minimum wage in 2026, while 20 states will remain at the $7.25 federal minimum wage.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani campaigned on a pledge to raise the city's minimum wage from $17 per hour to $30 by 2030.

In the Great Lakes region, Michigan ranks third, behind $16 an hour in New York and $15 an hour in Illinois. Indiana and ...

This year, for the first time, more Americans will earn a minimum wage of $15 per hour or higher than will earn the federal ...

In total, 88 jurisdictions — including 22 states and 66 cities and counties — are slated to increase their minimum wages at ...

As of January 1, New York State’s minimum wage for Upstate is $16.00 up from $15.50. New York State’s minimum wage was the ...

A total of 19 states increased their minimums in 2026, each of them landing between $10 an hour and $18 an hour. Nationwide, ...

As of January 1, New York State’s minimum wage for Upstate is $16, up from $15.50. New York State’s minimum wage was the same as the Federal minimum wage of $7.25 as recently as 2013, 13 years ago.

New York employers must review their payment practices to ensure that they comply with these increasing rates and thresholds ...

New York laws that took effect Jan. 1 include a minimum wage hike and expansion of an environmentally based ban on plastic bottle handouts in hotels.

New laws will impact students, including sales tax exemptions on some university foods and warning labels on social media.

Gov. Kathy Hochul is informing New Yorkers about a number of tax relief and affordability measures that will begin in the New ...