Workers in half of the US states will get a raise in 2020

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A record number of states, cities and counties are boosting their minimum wage in 2020.

On or around Jan. 1, the minimum wage will increase in 21 states, while another 26 cities and counties also boosting their baseline pay at year-start. Later in the year, an additional 4 states and 23 cities and counties will hike their minimum wages, according to the National Employment Law Project, a worker rights group.

"This is the greatest number of states and localities ever to raise their wage floors, both in January and for the year as a whole," said Yannet Lathrop, policy analyst at NELP, in a blog post about the increases.

The record number of pay hikes will benefit about 6.8 million workers, according to an analysis from the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, which estimates that the pay gains could range from $150 to as high as $1,700 for full-time, year-round workers, depending on the wage hikes in their regions.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/workers-in-half-of-the-us-states-will-get-a-raise-in-2020/ar-BBYmwna?li=BBnbfcN

[Kurt V.]

1. and half won't?

[BigmanPigman]

2. It's a start I guess.

I want the average income to be what it SHOULD be and would be since the mid 1980s with the average cost of living and inflation factored in. That would be fair!

[Recursion]

3. Cost of living adjusted wages have been broadly stagnant since then

So, roughly, wages are exactly what they were in the 1980s, in the sense that you can buy roughly the same stuff with them. Food and clothing cost a lot less, housing and education cost a lot more, which makes people anxious. But then again the standard of living is much higher now than it was then. I wish people would stop acting like this was a simple question.

[Hoyt]

4. Good to see. Some states not on 2020 list, had increases in previous years.

Some states, particularly perpetually red ones, are still quite low.