More than 9 million minimum wage workers across the U.S. will get a raise as soon as Jan. 1, as the minimum wage is set to rise across 21 states and 48 cities and counties, according to a new analysis.
The reason for the increases are different across the country. For instance, state laws that index the minimum wage to inflation are behind 13 of the January increases, according to the Economic Policy Institute, or EPI, a nonprofit think tank. Likewise, legislation spurred the coming pay hikes in six states, while ballot measures ushered in wage gains in two.
