Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida’s minimum wage is set to increase to $15 per hour in 2026, as a result of Amendment 2 passed by voters in 2020. The ...

New Yorkers will see minimum wage hikes on New Year’s Day, with the rate rising to $17 per hour in the Big Apple, Westchester and Long Island while reaching $16 in the rest of the state. The ...

People working for minimum wage in the city of San Diego will see more money in their paychecks starting Thursday, when the minimum wage rises from $17.25 to $17.75 an hour. The city's minimum wage is ...

The new year is rapidly approaching, but will the minimum wage in the state of Illinois be going up in 2026? Under provisions of a law passed in 2019, the state’s minimum wage had increased by $1 per ...

LANSING, Michigan — Minimum wage earners in Michigan will see their paychecks increase next year as the state's minimum wages increase. Earlier this year, the Michigan Legislature passed last-minute ...

The federal and Wisconsin minimum wage has remained at $7.25 an hour since its last increase in 2009. A full-time worker earning the current minimum wage falls below the federal poverty threshold.

Even as the U.S. economy adds jobs, there are fewer entry-level positions for college graduates just entering the labor market. "For the first time in modern history, a bachelor's degree is no longer ...

Seventeen elements of the periodic table have taken on outsize importance because of their use in smartphones, electric vehicles, medical devices, and other technologies. They’re valued for their ...

Editor’s note: This story was updated on Nov. 6, 2025, after the USDA revised the maximum allotments for SNAP benefits. (NEXSTAR) – The plan for November SNAP benefits has changed again. The 42 ...

SEATTLE, Wash. — Minimum wage is going up in Seattle starting Jan. 1, gaining half a dollar more than 2025's minimum. Seattle's Minimum Wage Ordinance, effective since April 1, 2015, mandates annual ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. That's right, 66 American dollars per hour. The federal minimum wage currently sits at $7.25 per hour. The highest minimum wage in ...

Roughly 50,000 Rhode Islanders earn minimum wage, according to Gov. Dan McKee’s office. The minimum wage is scheduled to increase to $17 over the next two years. Rhode Island’s minimum wage will ...