Four states will increase their minimum wage in 2026. Here's the state that has the highest minimum wage in the U.S., at $16.66 per hour.

At the end of last August, President Donald Trump asserted that average wages for U.S. workers had risen by $546 during the first six months since he returned to office in January 2025. As with ...

GOBankingRates surveyed annual living expenses for a family of four across the United States using data from the 2023 Consumer Expenditure Survey and for a married couple with children from the Bureau ...

Labor organizers, elected officials and economic justice advocates gathered Monday at Wally’s restaurant in downtown Santa Monica to launch the Living Wage for All campaign, a coordinated effort to ...

The labor landscape in the United States is undergoing a remarkable transformation in terms of wage compensation, a topic that has traditionally generated widespread debate at the ...

If it feels like you’re living paycheck to paycheck in California, you’re not alone. The amount of money you need to earn to afford living in the Golden State has increased since 2024, according to ...

While minimum wage in Indiana hasn't changed in almost 16 years, many states are seeing minimum wage increases this year. Here's where. According to data compiled by the National Employment Law ...

Cost of living continues to increase, President Donald Trump’s tariffs have created market havoc and urban rent prices can more often than not seem stratospheric — all of which are reasons the ...

A groundbreaking proposal led by One Fair Wage aims to raise Maryland's minimum wage to $25 per hour by 2026, potentially ...

The slowdown in growth of households living paycheck to paycheck can be attributed to the number of lower-income households, especially millennials and Gen X, who are living paycheck to paycheck, said ...

A fake news video circulating online falsely claims President Trump raised the federal minimum wage to $25 per hour. While 21 states increased their minimum wages on January 1, 2025, none reached $25 ...