Minimum wage increases took effect in a number of states on January 1st, including California, Massachusetts, Missouri, Ohio, and Oregon. (Check out the current minimum wage in your state, as of January 1, 2008) A number of states increase minimum wage annually under a formula that includes factors such as inflation and the cost of living. In other states, laws passed in 2007 mandate that a specific increase in minimum wage take effect on January 1, 2008. At $8.07 per hour for qualifying workers, Washington is the state with the highest minimum wage in the nation. California joins Massachusetts with the second-highest in the nation at $8.00 per hour.
- Chart: State Minimum Wage Laws (FindLaw)
- Employee Rights: Wages and Benefits (FindLaw)
- State’s Minimum Wage Hits $8 (Sacramento Bee)
- Minimum Wage in Missouri is Now $6.65 an Hour (Kansas City Star)
- Workers Get Pay Raise as Massachusetts Hikes Minimum Wage (Boston Herald)
- Minimum Wage Rates Rise (Cincinnati Enquirer)
- Oregon’s Minimum Wage Workers Get Pay Boost (Oregon News-Review)
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