NJ minimum wage increases to $15 next year
NEW JERSEY (PIX11) --- The minimum wage in New Jersey will rise above $15 per hour next year, officials said.
Some employees will make $15.13 an hour starting in January 2024, an increase of $1, according to the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development.
Seasonal and agricultural workers won't see the new rate for a few years. Seasonal and small business employers will start paying their workers $15 per hour in 2026, and agricultural employers have until 2027 to pay employees the new minimum wage, officials said.
In 2018, the hourly rate in the Garden State was $8.60.
“This is a proud moment for New Jersey as we prepare to become one of only a handful of states with a minimum wage above $15 an hour,” DOL Commissioner Robert Asaro-Angelo said.
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