美国近一半的州在2023年初提高了最低工资，帮助数百万工人应对国家正在进行的一轮高工资通货膨胀。
今年年初，总共有23个州提高了最低工资标准，以适应通胀调整后的增长，或者作为每个日历年年初生效的计划加薪的一部分。
左倾经济政策研究所(Economic Policy Institute)表示，加薪影响了约840万名工人，他们将在2023年期间总共获得50亿美元找到。
在工资上涨浪潮之后，华盛顿成为最低工资最高的州，为工人提供每小时15.74美元。与此同时，马萨诸塞州和纽约市的员工最低基本工资提高到了每小时15美元。
在加州，受加薪影响的工人最多的州，超过300万名员工将受益，经济政策研究所找到。这部分工人占该州劳动力的近20%。
13个州提高了他们的最低工资以适应通货膨胀40年来的新高2022年，包括马萨诸塞州这样的蓝州和内布拉斯加州这样的红州。
总体而言，近日上调最低工资的州包括:亚利桑那州、加利福尼亚州、科罗拉多州、特拉华州、伊利诺伊州、缅因州、马里兰州、马萨诸塞州、密歇根州、明尼苏达州、密苏里州、蒙大拿州、内布拉斯加州、新泽西州、新墨西哥州、纽约州、俄亥俄州、罗德岛州、南达科他州、佛蒙特州和华盛顿州。
此外，从加州圣地亚哥到缅因州波特兰，27个城市和县在今年年初提高了最低工资。最低工资最高的城市——华盛顿州西雅图市将基本工资提高到了19.06美元。
然而，最新一轮的加薪不会影响集中在南部的20个州，这些州没有最低工资或提供的最低工资不超过联邦最低每小时7.25美元。
上一次联邦最低工资上调发生在2009年，当时国会将最低工资提高到了目前的水平。经济政策研究所(Economic Policy Institute)称，经通胀调整后，去年夏天联邦最低工资达到了1956年以来的最低水平找到。
2012年，全国范围内要求提高最低工资的呼声愈演愈烈，当时快餐业工人发起了一场名为“争取15美元”的运动，旨在提高工资，让快餐业成立工会。服务雇员国际联盟，或SEIU，全国最大的劳工组织之一，花费了数千万美元支持这项工作。
Where minimum wage hikes are taking effect in the new year
Nearly half of U.S. states raised their minimum wages at the outset of 2023, helping millions of workers contend with the nation's ongoing bout of high inflation.
In all, 23 states raised their wage floors at the start of this year in keeping with inflation-adjusted increases or as part of scheduled hikes that take effect at the beginning of each calendar year.
The pay increases affect about 8.4 million workers, who will gain a combined $5 billion over the course of 2023, the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute found.
After the wave of wage hikes, Washington became the state with the highest minimum wage, offering workers $15.74 per hour. Meanwhile, workers in Massachusetts and the New York City area saw their minimum base pay rise to $15 per hour.
In California, the state with the most workers affected by a pay increase, more than 3 million employees will benefit, the Economic Policy Institute found. That group of workers makes up nearly 20% of the state's workforce.
Thirteen states raised their minimum wage to adjust for inflation that reached a 40-year high in 2022, including blue states like Massachusetts and red states like Nebraska.
Overall, the states that raised the minimum wage in recent days include: Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont and Washington.
In addition, 27 cities and counties raised their minimum wage at the outset of this year, stretching from San Diego, California, to Portland, Maine. The city with the highest minimum wage, SeaTac, Washington, raised its base pay to $19.06.
The latest round of pay increases, however, will not affect any of the 20 states concentrated in the South that lack a minimum wage or offer a minimum wage that does not exceed the federal minimum of $7.25 per hour.
The last federal minimum wage hike took place in 2009, when Congress raised the pay floor to its current level. When adjusted for inflation, the federal minimum wage last summer reached its lowest level since 1956, the Economic Policy Institute found.
The nationwide push for minimum wage hikes intensified in 2012, when fast food workers launched a campaign called Fight for $15, aiming to raise wages and unionize the fast food sector. The Service Employees International Union, or SEIU, one of the nation's largest labor organizations, spent tens of millions of dollars in support of the effort.
