Raise the Wage Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsors
- 35
- Latest action
- Apr 8, 2025
What it does
The Raise the Wage Act of 2025 would gradually increase the federal minimum wage from $9.50 per hour to $17.00 per hour over five years, with subsequent annual adjustments tied to inflation based on the median hourly wage of all employees. It would eliminate the separate lower minimum wage for tipped workers and newly hired employees under 20, requiring them to receive the full federal minimum wage after a phased transition, and would prohibit new special subminimum wage certificates for individuals with disabilities while phasing out existing ones. The bill also mandates that the Secretary of Labor publish advance notice of all wage increases in the Federal Register and on the Department…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
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What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.