Ohio's minimum wage to rise by 10 cents per hour in 2021 [View all]
The Ohio minimum wage will rise by 10 cents to $8.80 per hour in 2021.
That will be the wage for non-tipped employees. Tipped workers will earn $4.35 per hour plus tips in 2021.
Ohio workers under the age of 16 will make the federal minimum wage, which is $7.25 per hour.
Ohio’s minimum wage rises gradually each year to match the rate of inflation, per a state constitutional amendment implemented in 2007. The minimum wage that year was $6.85; it has gone up nearly $2 in the 14 years since.
Michael Shields, a researcher with the left-leaning think tank Policy Matters Ohio, said this increase is not enough to help low-income Ohioans still suffering from the pandemic.
Read more: https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2020/12/25/ohios-minimum-wage-to-rise-by-10-cents-per-hour-in-2021/
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