EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14) — The City of El Paso announced it will increase the minimum wage for non-uniform employees beginning in March.
It is being increased by 0.50 cents which would bring the current wage from $11.61 to $12.11 hourly.
Last year the City of El Paso raised its wages by $1 which helped hire 2,067 non-uniform positions however the city still has 1,170 vacancies, according to Laura Cruz Acosta, the city’s media spokesperson.
KFOX14 spoke to El Pasoans to get their opinions about the 0.50 cent increase.
The majority said they do not believe $12.11 is a liveable wage for El Paso.
“I think people should be paid more because everything is increasing in price, the gas, taxes everything and I think a lot of times people only have enough for their essentials,” Rubi Mesa said.
“Given the high cost of living, and the current inflation I don’t think that is enough,” Noemi Gonzalez said.
“It’s still too little for people, since everything is rising, businesses everything,” Oscar Velasquez said.
One El Pasoan added she’s happy to see the city take steps towards addressing the wages and believes it could work based on a person's needs.
“It goes to see whether or not you’re a single income household, if you’re just a single individual without supporting kids, or a family or even pets, I think it could be liveable depending on how you budget yourself and stuff like that,” Sierra Moore said.
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