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These states are raising their minimum wage next year

More than 20 states will raise their minimum wage in 2019, and some 17 million workers could benefit, to a new report by the National Employment Law Project.

Workers in Massachusetts will earn dollar 12 an hour, instead of dollar 11. In Maine, dollar 11 instead of dollar 10.

In the next few years, these wages will continue to inch up across the country. Some 40 million workers would benefit from a dollar 15 minimum wage, the Economic Policy Institute .

"Minimum wage workers need the higher wages to allow them to meet their basic needs," said Yannet Lathrop, researcher at the National Employee Law Project. "Higher minimum wages could also help narrow the income gap, which has been growing wider and more alarming over the past couple of decades."

Heres what the wage hike will look like in each state, according to the National Employment Law Project.

Current minimum wage: dollar 10.50

New minimum wage: dollar 11

Current minimum wage: Large employers, dollar 11; small employers, dollar 10.50

New minimum wage: Large employers, dollar 12; small employers, dollar 11

Current minimum wage: dollar 10.20

New minimum wage: dollar 11.10

Current minimum wage: dollar 10

New minimum wage: dollar 11

Current minimum wage: dollar 11

New minimum wage: dollar 12

Current minimum wage: dollar 7.85

New minimum wage: dollar 8.60

Current minimum wage: dollar 10.40 dollar 13 depending on location and business size

New minimum wage: dollar 11.10 dollar 15

Current minimum wage: dollar 11.50

New minimum wage: dollar 12

Current minimum wage: dollar 9.84

New minimum wage: dollar 9.89

Current minimum wage: dollar 8.50

New minimum wage: dollar 9.25

Current minimum wage: dollar 8.25

New minimum wage: in January, dollar 8.75; in October, dollar 9.25

Current minimum wage: dollar 8.25

New minimum wage: dollar 8.46

Current minimum wage: Large employers, dollar 9.65; small employers, dollar 7.87

New minimum wage: Large employers, dollar 9.86; small employers, dollar 8.04

Current minimum wage: dollar 8.30

New minimum wage: dollar 8.50

Current minimum wage: dollar 8.60

New minimum wage: dollar 8.85

Current minimum wage: dollar 10.10

New minimum wage: dollar 10.50

Current minimum wage: dollar 8.85

New minimum wage: dollar 9.10

Current minimum wage: dollar 10.50

New minimum wage: dollar 10.78

Current minimum wage: dollar 9.25

New minimum wage: dollar 9.45

Current minimum wage: dollar 10.50 dollar 12

New minimum wage: dollar 11 dollar 12.50

Current minimum wage: dollar 8.30

New minimum wage: dollar 8.55

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