29 states saw no real increase in the value of their minimum wage between 2010 and 2018: States with and without a real increase in their minimum wage between 2010 and 2018
State | Key | Real minimum wage increase |
---|---|---|
Alabama | 0 | No real increase |
Alaska | 1 | Real increase |
Arizona | 1 | Real increase |
Arkansas | 1 | Real increase |
California | 1 | Real increase |
Colorado | 1 | Real increase |
Connecticut | 1 | Real increase |
Delaware | 0 | No real increase |
Washington D.C. | 1 | Real increase |
Florida | 0 | No real increase |
Georgia | 0 | No real increase |
Hawaii | 1 | Real increase |
Idaho | 0 | No real increase |
Illinois | 0 | No real increase |
Indiana | 0 | No real increase |
Iowa | 0 | No real increase |
Kansas | 0 | No real increase |
Kentucky | 0 | No real increase |
Louisiana | 0 | No real increase |
Maine | 1 | Real increase |
Maryland | 1 | Real increase |
Massachusetts | 1 | Real increase |
Michigan | 1 | Real increase |
Minnesota | 1 | Real increase |
Mississippi | 0 | No real increase |
Missouri | 0 | No real increase |
Montana | 0 | No real increase |
Nebraska | 1 | Real increase |
Nevada | 0 | No real increase |
New Hampshire | 0 | No real increase |
New Jersey | 1 | Real increase |
New Mexico | 0 | No real increase |
New York | 1 | Real increase |
North Carolina | 0 | No real increase |
North Dakota | 0 | No real increase |
Ohio | 0 | No real increase |
Oklahoma | 0 | No real increase |
Oregon | 1 | Real increase |
Pennsylvania | 0 | No real increase |
Rhode Island | 1 | Real increase |
South Carolina | 0 | No real increase |
South Dakota | 1 | Real increase |
Tennessee | 0 | No real increase |
Texas | 0 | No real increase |
Utah | 0 | No real increase |
Vermont | 1 | Real increase |
Virginia | 0 | No real increase |
Washington | 1 | Real increase |
West Virginia | 1 | Real increase |
Wisconsin | 0 | No real increase |
Wyoming | 0 | No real increase |
Note: States in blue have positive real minimum wage increases between 2010 and 2018, after adjusting for inflation using the CPI-U-RS.
Sources: CPI-U-RS from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and minimum wage data from Kavya Vaghul and Ben Zipperer, “Historical State and Sub-State Minimum Wages,” Version 1.2.0, 2019