The minimum wage increased in 21 states and the District of Columbia in 2018: States with minimum wage increases in 2018, by type of increase
| State | Abbreviation | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Alaska | AK | Indexed |
| Alabama | AL | No change |
| Arkansas | AR | No change |
| Arizona | AZ | Legislated or ballot measure |
| California | CA | Legislated or ballot measure |
| Colorado | CO | Legislated or ballot measure |
| Connecticut | CT | No change |
| District of Columbia | DC | Legislated or ballot measure |
| Delaware | DE | Legislated or ballot measure |
| Florida | FL | Indexed |
| Georgia | GA | No change |
| Hawaii | HI | Legislated or ballot measure |
| Iowa | IA | No change |
| Idaho | ID | No change |
| Illinois | IL | No change |
| Indiana | IN | No change |
| Kansas | KS | No change |
| Kentucky | KY | No change |
| Louisiana | LA | No change |
| Massachusetts | MA | No change |
| Maryland | MD | Legislated or ballot measure |
| Maine | ME | Legislated or ballot measure |
| Michigan | MI | Legislated or ballot measure |
| Minnesota | MN | Indexed |
| Missouri | MO | Indexed |
| Mississippi | MS | No change |
| Montana | MT | Indexed |
| North Carolina | NC | No change |
| North Dakota | ND | No change |
| Nebraska | NE | No change |
| New Hampshire | NH | No change |
| New Jersey | NJ | Indexed |
| New Mexico | NM | No change |
| Nevada | NV | No change |
| New York | NY | Legislated or ballot measure |
| Ohio | OH | Indexed |
| Oklahoma | OK | No change |
| Oregon | OR | Legislated or ballot measure |
| Pennsylvania | PA | No change |
| Rhode Island | RI | Legislated or ballot measure |
| South Carolina | SC | No change |
| South Dakota | SD | Indexed |
| Tennessee | TN | No change |
| Texas | TX | No change |
| Utah | UT | No change |
| Virginia | VA | No change |
| Vermont | VT | Legislated or ballot measure |
| Washington | WA | Legislated or ballot measure |
| Wisconsin | WI | No change |
| West Virginia | WV | No change |
| Wyoming | WY | No change |
Notes: Minimum wage increases passed through either legislation or ballot measure took effect on January 1, 2018, in Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, New York, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Washington. Alaska, Florida, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, Ohio, and South Dakota increased their minimum wages in 2018 because of indexing to inflation. Maryland, Oregon, and Washington, D.C., legislated minimum wage increases that took effect on July 1, 2018. Delaware legislated a minimum wage increase that took effect on October 1, 2018.
Source: EPI analysis of state minimum wage laws. See EPI’s minimum wage tracker (EPI 2019b) for the most current state-level minimum wage information.