Minimum wage in 22 states will get a raise in 2024

(CNN)– Minimum wage workers in 22 states will get a raise at the start of the new year.

The higher hourly rates are due either to scheduled increases or lawmakers upping the minimum wage in their jurisdictions because of inflation.

Starting Jan. 1, seven states and the District of Columbia will have minimum wages of $15 or more.

In New York City, the minimum wage is increasing to $16 an hour.

The highest state minimum wage will be Washington State at $16.28, up from $15.74 currently.

A close second is California which is raising its minimum wage to $16 from $15.50.

The state with the biggest jump in its minimum wage next year will be Hawaii which is hiking it by $2.

Twenty states are still using the federal minimum wage of $7.25 including South Carolina which has not gone up since 2009.