LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders appeared on ABC’s “The View” Monday to promote her new memoir, “Unapologetic.” The conversation also turned to her re-election and wages in Arkansas.
When co-host Sunny Hostin asked about the state’s hourly wage, Sanders clarified, “The minimum wage?” before answering, “Um, well, about $15.”
Arkansas’ minimum wage is $11 an hour for employers with four or more employees. Voters approved a gradual increase in 2018, and the rate reached $11 in 2021. It has not changed since.
Sanders later argued that the focus should be on helping people earn more. During a discussion about her re-election, she said:
At a time when people are hurting, and we’re focusing on how people meet their maximum wage, how they keep more of the money they’re earning, and that they live their best life in our state. Those were the things we talked about. Those were the things we delivered on. And it worked.
Arkansas is among 30 states, plus the District of Columbia, with a minimum wage higher than the federal rate of $7.25 an hour. Seven states — Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee and Wyoming — have no state minimum wage above the federal rate. Federal law still requires covered employers in those states to pay at least $7.25 an hour.
Some of the highest minimum wages in 2026 are in the District of Columbia, at $18.40 an hour; California, at $16.90; and Washington state, at $17.13.
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