Arizona’s Minimum Wage set to Increase
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By Kyler Van Vliet
At the start of 2021, Arizona’s minimum-wage will rise to $12.15 an hour, a jump of 15 cents from the current minimum wage of $12.00 an hour.
The rise in pay is due to a 1.3% increase in the cost of living over the past 12 months through August, as reported by the Arizona Republic.
The Industrial Commission of Arizona oversees the state’s minimum-wage and announced the uptick earlier in September.
Arizona already has one of the highest minimum-wages in the nation after passing the Fair Wages and Healthy Families Initiative in 2016. With increase in pay, Arizona will be tied with Maine for the ninth-highest minimum-wage in the country.
As for Flagstaff, their minimum-wage will increase from $13 an hour to $15 in January.
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