Minimum Wage to Increase to $9.25 in 2017
Posted on Dec 30, 2016 in News
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS
DAVID Y. IGE
GOVERNOR
LINDA CHU TAKAYAMA
DIRECTOR
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 30, 2016
MINIMUM WAGE TO INCREASE TO $9.25 IN 2017
Minimum Wage Will Rise to $10.10 in 2018
HONOLULU — The Hawaii State Department of Labor & Industrial Relations (DLIR) today announced that per Act 82, Session Laws of Hawaii (2014), the minimum wage for most employers will increase to $9.25 per hour beginning on Jan. 1, 2017. This is third rise in the minimum wage since 2015: from $7.25 to $7.75 on Jan. 1, 2015, and to $8.50 on Jan. 1, 2016. The next scheduled raise is Jan. 1, 2018 when it will increase to $10.10. Previously, the minimum wage had stayed the same for eight years ($7.25 Jan. 1, 2007—Jan. 1, 2015).
Hawaii’s unemployment rate was 3.0% in November while the record labor force included 696,850.
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https://labor.hawaii.gov/wsd/minimum-wage/
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