Minimum wages rose July 1 in Alaska, Oregon and the District of Columbia

Alaska went from $13.00 to $14.00 an hour, the result of a ballot measure voters approved in 2024. Oregon's three tiers reset the same day: $16.80 in the Portland metro area, $15.55 in standard counties and $14.55 in nonurban counties. Oregon reindexes all three every July 1. The District of Columbia went from $17.95 to $18.40, the highest in the country, with a tipped rate of $10.30 under Initiative 82. Neither Alaska nor Oregon allows a tip credit. More than 20 local jurisdictions moved on the same date. San Francisco went from $19.18 to $19.61. Washington, DC's tipped wage is scheduled to keep climbing toward the standard wage, a timeline a 2025 amendment stretched out to 2034. Reported by Dana Holle at GovDocs.