10 States get Minimum Wage Raises for 2013

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Ten States are getting increased pay for workers that are on minimum wage for the New Year.

Federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour.

The ten states getting the new rates are:

• Washington State – increasing .15 cents an hour to $9.19 per hour the highest minimum wage state in the country.
• Rhode Island – will now be at $7.40 per hour.
• Arizona – increase .15 cents an hour to $7.80 per hour.
• Colorado – increase of .14 cents an hour to $7.78 an hour, tipped hourly workers will see an increase from $4.62 to $4.76.
• Florida –  an increase of .12 cents an hour to $7.79
• Missouri – increases .10 an hour to $7.35 an hour.
• Montana – increasing .15  to $7.80 an hour.
• Ohio – increasing .15 to $7.85 an hour, tipped employees will be at $3.93 an hour.
• Oregon – increasing .15 to $8.95 an hour.
• Vermont – .14 to $8.60 an hour.

A special city on this list is San Fransisco sets it’s local minimum wage at the highest in the country which is now raised in 2013 to $10.55 an hour.

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