The minimum wage increased in 23 states and the District of Columbia in 2019: States with minimum wage increases in 2019, by type of increase
| State | Abbreviation | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Alaska | AK | Indexed |
| Alabama | AL | No change |
| Arkansas | AR | Legislated or ballot measure |
| Arizona | AZ | Legislated or ballot measure |
| California | CA | Legislated or ballot measure |
| Colorado | CO | Legislated or ballot measure |
| Connecticut | CT | Legislated or ballot measure |
| District of Columbia | DC | Legislated or ballot measure |
| Delaware | DE | Legislated or ballot measure |
| Florida | FL | Indexed |
| Georgia | GA | No change |
| Hawaii | HI | No change |
| 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 | Legislated or ballot measure |
| Maryland | MD | Legislated or ballot measure |
| Maine | ME | Legislated or ballot measure |
| Michigan | MI | Legislated or ballot measure |
| Minnesota | MN | Indexed |
| Missouri | MO | Legislated or ballot measure |
| 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 | Legislated or ballot measure |
| 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 | Indexed |
| 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, 2019, in Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, New York, Rhode Island, and Washington. Alaska, Florida, Minnesota, Montana, New Jersey, Ohio, South Dakota, and Vermont increased their minimum wages in 2019 because of indexing to inflation. New Jersey, Oregon, and Washington, D.C., legislated minimum wage increases that took effect on July 1, 2019. Note that Connecticut legislated a minimum wage increase that took effect on October 1, 2019. This sample considers all changes after January 2018 and before December 2019; therefore, Maryland is included even though the legislated minimum wage increase for Maryland took effect on July 1, 2018. Note that after indexing to inflation on January 1, 2019, New Jersey legislated a minimum wage increase on July 1, 2019; therefore, New Jersey appears twice in these lists.
Source: EPI analysis of state minimum wage laws. See EPI’s minimum wage tracker for the most current state-level minimum wage information.