In 2023, the minimum wage was set to increase in 27 states. The increases range from $0.23 in Michigan (a 2.28% increase from 2022) to $1.50 in Nebraska (a 14.29% increase from 2022).

• one increase was set to take effect on December 31, 2022;
• 22 increases were set to take effect on January 1, 2023;
• one was set to take effect on June 1, 2023;
• two were set to take effect on July 1, 2023; and
• one was set to take effect on September 30, 2023;

Going into 2023, 20 states used the federal minimum wage rate of $7.25, and 30 states provided for state minimum wages above the federal minimum wage.

After 2023 increases, minimum wages were set to be highest in Washington, D.C., at $16.10, and Washington state at $15.74, and lowest in Georgia and Wyoming, where the states' $5.15 minimum wages are superseded by the federal government's $7.25 per hour requirement.

The largest increase was in Nebraska from $9.00 in 2022 to $10.50 in 2023, a 14.29% ($1.50 per hour) increase.

Wages were increased by an average of $0.87 in states increasing wages in 2023.

The average state minimum wage, including D.C., in 2023 was $10.47, up from $9.85 in 2022 and $9.59 in 2021.

From 1996 to 2022, there were 28 minimum wage increase measures on the ballot. Voters approved 26 (92.86%) and rejected two (7.14%).

The last time that voters rejected a minimum wage increase measure was in 1996, when measures were defeated in Missouri and Montana.

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