GET ME REWRITE: Minimum wage set to increase in 22 states and D.C., raising the nationwide average to $11.51 an hour, but not in Wisconsin thanks to Robin Vos's GOP boys' club

 

Headline and map:  Ballotpedia's "Daily Brew" email update

The 2026 increases come from existing state laws that provided for incremental increases and inflation adjustments. Lawmakers in Rhode Island and Michigan passed new minimum wage laws this year. 

Nineteen states will have increases take effect on Jan. 1, 2026. Increases in Alaska, Oregon, and Washington, D.C., take effect on July 1. Florida’s minimum wage increase takes effect on Sept. 30. 

Once all increases take effect, the average state minimum wage, including D.C., will be $11.51 an hour, up from $11.18 an hour in 2025. In states with increases, the minimum wage increased by an average of $0.70 an hour.

Wisconsin:  Stagnating since 2009

Source:  UW-Stevens Point

Related posts:

Wisconsin not among 22 states that increased minimum wage in 2024.  (1/3/2024)

Wisconsin Republicans live in a different universe when it comes to raising the minimum wage (part 2).  (7/15/2021)
The company Wisconsin keeps ($7.25 minimum wage edition).  (1/12/2020)

Marquette Law School poll: On the issues and those who legislate them.  (1/24/2019)