Oregon, California and Washington pass bills raising the minimum wage
Oregon, California and Washington pass bills raising the minimum wage

Oregon, California and Washington pass bills raising the minimum wage

Oregon, California and Washington pass bills raising the minimum wage
Oregon, California and Washington pass bills raising the minimum wage
Oregons raise is because of a bill passed several years ago (eventually) tying the minimum wage to CPI with adjustments based on area. It went up by set amounts yearly. 2023 was the first year that was outside those set amounts and actually uses CPI.
https://www.oregon.gov/boli/workers/Pages/minimum-wage-schedule.aspx
Is it possible that minimum wage could go down in this system? I love that it's tied to a metric taking all of the politics and guess work out of any increases.
It's been a while since I've looked at the language of the bill itself, but I believe it can only go up. The language on the site trends that way too.
Same with Washington State, its been slowly going up since 1999 when it first broke with the Federal minimum. 25 years..