3/7/19
by News Department on 03/07/19Minimum Wage...
Governor Tom Wolf commented on the release of a new report that shows nearly half of Pennsylvania hourly-wage workers – more than 1.75 million Pennsylvanians – make less than $15 per hour, even as cost of living continues to increase.
Wolf said this report confirms the dire need for Pennsylvania to raise the minimum wage.
Pennsylvania’s minimum wage has been unchanged in the last decade and remains at $7.25 per hour. All of Pennsylvania’s neighboring states have raised their minimum wage beyond the federal minimum.
The annual Minimum Wage Report from the Department of Labor and Industry shows that in 2018, over one million Pennsylvania workers earned above $7.25 per hour up to $12 per hour, and another 631,500 earned up to $15 per hour.
Wolf has proposed raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2025.
