You Might Be Getting a Raise In 2022!

2022 will bring a pay raise for millions of workers across the U.S.

Twenty-six states along with Washington D.C. will be raising the minimum wage next year, by varying amounts.

The largest increases will be in California and parts of New York, which are raising the minimum wage to $15.

But it's not going up everywhere.  20 states still have a minimum wage equal to the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour - which has been unchanged since 2009.

Here's the state's and their increase:

According to the Economic Policy Institute, the following states are set to raise their minimum wage at various points through the new year:

·Arizona: $12.80

·California: $15.00

·Colorado: $12.56

·Connecticut: $14.00 (effective July 1)

·Delaware: $10.50

·Florida: $11.00 (effective Sept. 30)

·Illinois: $12.00

·Maine: $12.75

·Maryland: $12.50

·Massachusetts: $14.25

·Michigan: $9.87

·Minnesota: $10.33

·Missouri: $11.15

·Montana: $9.20

·Nevada: $10.50 (effective July 1)

·New Jersey: $13.00

·New Mexico: $11.50

·New York: $13.20

·Ohio: $9.30

·Oregon: $13.50

·Rhode Island: $12.25

·South Dakota: $9.95

·Vermont: $12.55

·Virginia: $11.00

·Washington state: $14.49

·Washington, D.C.: TBD (D.C.'s minimum wage progressively increases each July in proportion to the increase in the Consumer Price Index.)