MetroWest Daily News, Dec 31, 2015
Effective Jan. 1, 2016, Massachusetts will raise its current minimum wage to $10, with another one dollar increase on Jan. 1, 2017.
Massachusetts is one of 14 states that will raise their minimum wage the week of Jan. 1. In 21 states, minimum wage workers make the federal rate of $7.25 an hour, which comes to just $15,080 a year. The highest state minimum wages on Jan. 1 will still have less buying power than the minimum wage of 1968, nearly $11 in today's dollars.
The National Conference of State Legislatures has a detailed chart of state minimum wage rates and scheduled increases. To view the chart, visit ncsl.org.
Business for a Fair Minimum Wage is a national network of business organizations, business owners and executives who believe a fair minimum wage makes good business sense. For more information, visit businessforafairminimumwage.org.
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