New Year to bring higher minimum wages in record number of states and cities

The start of 2022 to see hikes in base hourly pay for hundreds of thousands of workers in 56 U.S. jurisdictions, report finds.

Those due to receive pay increases as of Saturday include workers now making at least $12 an hour in three states: Arizona , Colorado and Maine .

Minimum wage earners in Ohio and South Dakota are getting hourly increases of 50 cents when 2022 begins, boosting the rate in the former to $9.30 and the latter to $9.95. Workers in Flagstaff, Arizona, will make an hourly minimum of $15.50 when the new year rolls in, a level that is slated to be surpassed in a slew of other towns and cities, most of them in California. In Sunnyvale, California, for instance, workers will be making an hourly minimum of $17.10 when 2022 begins.

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