States with minimum wage increases effective January 1, 2016
| States with minimum wage increase | Amount of wage increase | New wage on Jan. 1, 2016 | Reason for change | Directly affected workers1 | Indirectly affected workers2 | Total affected workers | Share of state’s wage-earning workforce | Total wage increases for affected workers3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | $1.00 | $9.75 | Legislation | 15,000 | 18,000 | 33,000 | 10.7% | $23,476,000 |
| Arkansas | $0.50 | $8.00 | Legislation | 45,000 | 45,000 | 90,000 | 7.8% | $38,036,000 |
| California | $1.00 | $10.00 | Legislation | 1,748,000 | 1,172,000 | 2,920,000 | 18.6% | $2,703,126,000 |
| Colorado | $0.08 | $8.31 | Inflation adjustment | 44,000 | 6,000 | 50,000 | 2.1% | $14,429,000 |
| Connecticut | $0.45 | $9.60 | Legislation | 79,000 | 27,000 | 106,000 | 6.7% | $57,813,000 |
| Hawaii | $0.75 | $8.50 | Legislation | 23,000 | 27,000 | 50,000 | 8.6% | $23,576,000 |
| Massachusetts | $1.00 | $10.00 | Legislation | 181,000 | 175,000 | 356,000 | 11.4% | $266,335,000 |
| Michigan | $0.35 | $8.50 | Legislation | 184,000 | 98,000 | 283,000 | 6.9% | $77,857,000 |
| Nebraska | $1.00 | $9.00 | Legislation | 58,000 | 42,000 | 101,000 | 11.5% | $67,741,000 |
| New York4 | $0.25 | $9.00 | Legislation | 273,000 | 213,000 | 486,000 | 5.9% | $143,521,000 |
| Rhode Island | $0.60 | $9.60 | Legislation | 37,000 | 27,000 | 64,000 | 13.5% | $32,186,000 |
| South Dakota | $0.05 | $8.55 | Inflation adjustment | 8,000 | 5,000 | 13,000 | 3.4% | $3,108,000 |
| Vermont | $0.45 | $9.60 | Legislation | 15,000 | 3,000 | 18,000 | 6.3% | $8,768,000 |
| West Virginia4 | $0.75 | $8.75 | Legislation | 49,000 | 26,000 | 75,000 | 11.5% | $46,700,000 |
| Total | 2,760,000 | 1,886,000 | 4,646,000 | $3,506,675,000 |
1. Directly affected workers will see their wages rise as the new minimum wage rate will exceed their current hourly pay.
2. Indirectly affected workers have a wage rate just above the new minimum wage (between the new minimum wage and the new minimum wage plus the dollar amount of the increase in the previous year's minimum wage). They will receive a raise as employer pay scales are adjusted upward to reflect the new minimum wage.
3. Total annual amount of increased wages for directly and indirectly affected workers.
4. Changes went into effect 12/31/2015.
Note: Totals may not sum due to rounding. "Legislation" indicates that the new rate was determined by legislature or ballot vote. "Inflation adjustment" indicates that the new rate was based on some measure of inflation.
Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata 2014Q4-2015Q3
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