Delaware’s minimum wage will increase from $9.25 to $10.50 per hour starting in January.
In June, lawmakers passed a bill to raise the minimum wage by more than $1 each year until it reaches $15 an hour by 2025:
$10.50 by 2022
$11.75 by 2023
$13.25 by 2024
$15 by 2025
The $10.50 minimum wage law goes into effect on Jan. 1.
Twenty other states are also increasing their minimum wage next year.
Eight of them — Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Virginia — are gradually raising their minimum wage to $15 over the next four years, like Delaware. California and New York are taking similar steps, depending on employer size and location.
The Delaware Department of Labor estimates that 55,000 people in the state make $10 an hour or less.
