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New Year's Gift: Minimum Wage Rises To $13 Hourly In NJ New Year's Gift: Minimum Wage Rises To $13 Hourly In NJ
New Year's Gift: Minimum Wage Rises To $13 Hourly In NJ If you're working a minimum wage job, you're due for a raise starting with the New Year. New Jersey’s statewide minimum wage will increase by $1 to $13 per hour for most workers, effective Jan. 1, 2022. The increase is part of legislation signed by Gov. Phil Murphy in 2019 that gradually raises the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2024 for most workers.  The Garden State’s minimum wage was $8.60 hourly when Murphy took office in 2018, Under the law, seasonal and small employers (with fewer than six workers) have until 2026 to reach $15 per hour. The minimum hourly wage for these work…

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