Minimum wage in Michigan is rising 23 cents today, Sunday, Jan. 1, to go above $10 per hour for the first time in state history.
Michigan’s minimum wage was $9.87 per hour in 2022, but jumps to $10.10 for 2023. A state law requires the wage to increase every year unless the yearly unemployment level is above 8.5% – which is why there was no increase in 2021.
The tipped minimum wage rises to $3.84 for 2023, the 85% rate for minors 16 and 17 rises to $8.59 per hour and the training rate for new employees 16 to 19 remains unchanged at $4.25 per hour.
Minimum wage could jump higher later this winter, depending on the results of a court ruling. A 2018 ballot proposal set the 2023 minimum wage at $13.03 and $11.73 for tipped workers, among other increases planned for other years. The Legislature amended the plan to reduce the minimum wage, the proposal’s organizers are arguing the move was unconstitutional.
A decision is expected Feb. 19, per a state news release.
The federal minimum wage has been $7.25 per hour since 2010. That adds up to about $15,000 per year for a full-time worker. At Michigan’s $10.10 per hour, that equates to $21,000 for a year of work. A full-time worker making $13.03 per hour would make $27,100 in a year.
Here’s how the state and federal minimum wage have risen since 1965.
Thirty states have a minimum wage above the federal rate. In 2022, 19 states had a minimum wage of $11 or higher. Only seven states had a bottom wage of $13-plus:
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