New Jersey is raising the minimum wage by $0.36 in 2025. The increase was part of a scheduled hike stemming from a 2019 bill signed by NJ Gov. Phil Murphy. Under the law, the minimum wage rate for ...

More than a quarter-million workers in New Jersey will see bigger paychecks in the new year. Starting Wednesday, the state’s minimum wage increases by 36 cents to $15.49 per hour and makes ...

As New Jersey ratcheted up its minimum wage on three occasions between 2019 and 2021, fast-food restaurants in the state ...

New Jersey's minimum wage rose by roughly 2% to $15.49 under the first indexing adjustment to the state's wage floor. (Photo by New Jersey Monitor) New Jersey’s hourly minimum wage rose to $15.49 ...

Minimum wage workers are getting a raise in 2025, but the 2% cost-of-living bump may not go very far. This year’s increase to $15.49 makes New Jersey’s minimum the sixth-highest minimum wage ...

Many low-wage employees in the state received another raise on Jan. 1, as the minimum wage increased in the Garden State once again to keep up with inflation.

More than a quarter-million workers in New Jersey will see bigger paychecks in the new year. Starting Wednesday, the state’s minimum wage increases by 36 cents to $15.49 per hour and makes New Jersey ...

New Jersey’s hourly minimum wage rose to $15.49 Wednesday, completing its first inflation-adjusted increase following a five-year phase-in that brought the state’s wage floor to above $15.

As New Jersey ratcheted up its minimum wage on three occasions between 2019 and 2021, fast-food restaurants in the state responded by hiking menu prices to compensate. In neighboring Pennsylvania ...