The minimum wage for Massachusetts employees will increase to $14.25 per hour on Saturday, as part of the multi-year effort to reach a $15-per-hour minimum wage in 2023.
As part of the Grand Bargain legislation in 2018 to provide additional benefits for workers throughout Massachusetts, Gov. Charlie Baker signed a law increasing the state’s minimum wage incrementally every Jan. 1 for five years to reach $15 per hour.
The state’s current minimum wage of $13.50 per hour was instituted on Jan. 1, 2021, and will increase to $14.25 per hour on Jan. 1, 2022, which is Saturday.
Tipped employees will also see a raise in their paychecks as their minimum wages go from $5.55 an hour to $6.15 an hour on the same day. Ultimately, tipped employees will receive a minimum earnings of $6.75 an hour on Jan. 1, 2023, when the non-tipped employees get to $15 per hour.
The current federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour and has not been changed since it was set on July 24, 2009. An effort to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour failed to pass Congress in March.
