{"id":2527488,"date":"2025-12-31T15:57:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T20:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/floridas-minimum-wage-rising-to-15-in-2026\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T16:00:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T21:00:41","slug":"floridas-minimum-wage-rising-to-15-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/floridas-minimum-wage-rising-to-15-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida&#8217;s minimum wage rising to $15 in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffloridas-minimum-wage-rising-to-15-in-2026%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2527488&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Florida&#8217;s minimum wage will reach $15 an hour in 2026 after a 2020 constitutional amendment that raised pay by $1 annually from $8.56; the final scheduled increase takes effect Sept.30, 2026. Going forward, the state agency for Workforce Innovation will adjust the minimum wage for inflation. Business groups such as the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association warned higher wages could push up prices and cost jobs, citing a 2019 CBO study, while supporters say higher pay reduces turnover and hiring costs and can boost productivity. Data since the vote show employment rising in many Florida counties,though inflation has also increased and its link to the wage hikes is unclear; research from the Upjohn Institute suggests consumer prices rise about 0.3% for every 10% minimum-wage increase. Florida&#8217;s $15 rate puts it among the higher-paying states (only 11 states at $15+), while about 20 states still follow the $7.25 federal minimum; MIT&#8217;s Living Wage Calculator estimates a true living wage in Florida is substantially higher than $15 for most household situations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Florida&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maryland-looks-to-ai-as-snap-rules-tighten\/\" title=\"Maryland looks to AI as SNAP rules tighten\">minimum wage rising<\/a> to $15 in 2026<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2459828\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\/\">Florida&rsquo;s<\/a> minimum <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wages\/\">wage<\/a> will rise to $15 an hour in 2026 as the result of a constitutional amendment approved by voters in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Florida&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-15-minimum-wage-would-raise-childcare-costs-hurt-families-heritage-foundation\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s  ... Would Raise Childcare Costs, Hurt Families: Heritage Foundation\">current minimum wage<\/a> is $14 an hour. The increase will go into effect on Sept. 30 and will be the state&rsquo;s last <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-romney-cotton-minimum-wage-plan-is-anti-conservative-and-embraces-the-logic-of-the-left\/\" title=\"The Romney\/Cotton ... Plan Is Anti-Conservative And Embraces The Logic Of The Left\">scheduled minimum wage increase<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4375511\/trump-veto-miccosukee-tribe-territory-expansion-everglades-alligator-alcatraz-opposition\/\">Trump vetoes law expanding Miccosukee tribe&#8217;s territory in Everglades after its opposition to &#8216;Alligator Alcatraz&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4379008\/trump-delivered-voter-base-before-midterm-elections-sarah-bedford\/\">Trump has &#8216;delivered&#8217; for his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-supreme-court-reforms-driven-by-disaffected-democrats-skewing-polls-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Supreme Court reforms driven by disaffected Democrats skewing polls - Washington Examiner\">voter base ahead<\/a> of midterm elections: Sarah Bedford<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4375504\/netanyahu-downplays-settler-violence-west-bank-despite-trump-concerns\/\">Netanyahu downplays settler violence in West Bank despite Trump&#8217;s concerns<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The pay was $8.56 an hour when voters agreed to allow an annual $1 increase until it hits $15. In the future, the state Agency for Workforce Innovation will be tasked with adjusting the minimum wage rate for inflation.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association had opposed the increase and warned that businesses would likely raise prices to offset the new wage costs. The organization cited a 2019 Congressional Budget Office report that said while incomes would rise, hundreds of thousands of jobs would be lost if the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour was increased to $15 by 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Business leaders who supported increasing Florida&rsquo;s minimum wage argued it would reduce employment turnover, saving them additional hiring and training costs and increasing productivity.<\/p>\n<p>The state has seen employment rise in many counties year-over-year since the wage increase was approved, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. While prices have also risen, they are part of the nationwide trend of inflation, making it unclear whether the incremental wage increase is a contributing factor.<\/p>\n<p>Research indicates that for every 10% increase in the minimum wage, consumer prices rise 0.3%, according to the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.<\/p>\n<p>Florida is on the higher end of the minimum wage pay scale. Only 11 states have a rate of $15 or higher. Twenty states still use the federal minimum wage of $7.25.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s estimated that an adult with no children or spouse to support would need to earn $23.41 an hour to make a living wage in Florida, according to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology&rsquo;s&nbsp; Living Wage Calculator. The same person with a child or spouse would need to earn $37.98 an hour to make a living wage.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 20 other states are increasing their minimum wage in the new year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/4365093\/what-expect-ai-2026\/\">WHAT TO EXPECT FOR AI IN 2026<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Some have <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >implemented incremental wage increases<\/a>, including Alaska, Hawaii, Michigan, Missouri and Nebraska.<\/p>\n<p>Others have an indexed minimum wage that automatically adjusts based on certain economic factors.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/ohio\/article_d4b26f39-2e7d-41ed-9819-7e4375959ef5.html\">Ohio&rsquo;s minimum wage<\/a>&nbsp;has automatically increased since 2006, when voters approved a constitutional amendment to tie it to inflation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida minimum wage moves to $15 in 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2869,"featured_media":2527489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25364664019620-e1767126180882.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548,33651],"tags":[69826,27635,5113,39916,32421],"class_list":["post-2527488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily","category-the-western-journal","tag-15-minimum-wage","tag-27635","tag-florida","tag-labor-policy","tag-minimum-wage"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25364664019620-e1767126180882.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2869"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2527488"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2527492,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2527488\/revisions\/2527492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2527489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2527488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2527488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2527488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}