NJ Minimum Wage Goes up Jan. 1 to $15.49. But Not Everyone Gets the Same Increase

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Jan 7, 2025
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December 27, 2024 | northjersey.com

New Jersey’s minimum wage is going up by 36 cents to $15.49 an hour on Jan. 1, 2025, the latest of the scheduled hikes that Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, signed into law in early 2019.

The state’s minimum wage was $8.60 when Murphy took office. He campaigned on increasing the wage to $15 an hour, a big-ticket item among progressives at the time.

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NJ SEED: The $15 minimum wage signed into law in 2019 would, due to five years of inflation, require nearly $19 today. Some advocates have begun calling for a $20 minimum.

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