Figure K
States with minimum-wage increases in the first half of 2014
| State | Abbreviation | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | AL | No change |
| Alaska | AK | No change |
| Arizona | AZ | Indexed |
| Arkansas | AR | No change |
| California | CA | Legislative |
| Colorado | CO | July |
| Connecticut | CT | Legislative |
| Delaware | DE | No change |
| District of columbia | DC | July |
| Florida | FL | Indexed |
| Georgia | GA | No change |
| Hawaii | HI | No change |
| Idaho | ID | No change |
| Illinois | IL | No change |
| Indiana | IN | No change |
| Iowa | IA | No change |
| Kansas | KS | No change |
| Kentucky | KY | No change |
| Louisiana | LA | No change |
| Maine | ME | No change |
| Maryland | MD | No change |
| Massachusetts | MA | No change |
| Michigan | MI | No change |
| Minnesota | MN | August |
| Mississippi | MS | No change |
| Missouri | MO | Indexed |
| Montana | MT | Indexed |
| Nebraska | NE | No change |
| Nevada | NV | July |
| New Hampshire | NH | No change |
| New Jersey | NJ | Legislative |
| New Mexico | NM | No change |
| New York | NY | Legislative |
| North Carolina | NC | No change |
| North Dakota | ND | No change |
| Ohio | OH | Indexed |
| Oklahoma | OK | No change |
| Oregon | OR | Indexed |
| Pennsylvania | PA | No change |
| Rhode Island | RI | Legislative |
| South Carolina | SC | No change |
| South Dakota | SD | No change |
| Tennessee | TN | No change |
| Texas | TX | No change |
| Utah | UT | No change |
| Vermont | VT | Indexed |
| Virginia | VA | No change |
| Washington | WA | Indexed |
| West Virginia | WV | No change |
| Wisconsin | WI | No change |
| Wyoming | WY | No change |
Note: California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island legislated minimum-wage increases. In the remaining states in green, the minimum wage increased due to indexing to inflation.
Source: EPI analysis of Cooper (2014)
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