New Jersey is raising the minimum wage by $0.36 in 2025. The increase was part of a scheduled hike stemming from a 2019 bill signed by NJ Gov. Phil Murphy. Under the law, the minimum wage rate for ...

More than a quarter-million workers in New Jersey will see bigger paychecks in the new year. Starting Wednesday, the state’s minimum wage increases by 36 cents to $15.49 per hour and makes New ...

New Jersey's minimum wage rose by roughly 2% to $15.49 under the first indexing adjustment to the state's wage floor. (Photo by New Jersey Monitor) New Jersey’s hourly minimum wage rose to $15.49 ...

Minimum wage workers are getting a raise in 2025, but the 2% cost-of-living bump may not go very far. This year’s increase to $15.49 makes New Jersey’s minimum the sixth-highest minimum wage in the ...

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As New Jersey ratcheted up its minimum wage on three occasions between 2019 and 2021, fast-food restaurants in the state responded by hiking menu prices to compensate. In neighboring Pennsylvania ...

Overall, the states set to raise their minimum wage on Wednesday include ... Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia and Washington.

New Jersey’s hourly minimum wage rose to $15.49 Wednesday, completing its first inflation-adjusted increase following a five-year phase-in that brought the state’s wage floor to above $15.