The new year means new laws taking effect and that includes a hike in minimum wage for several states, but not Pennsylvania. New York’s minimum wage rose between $16.00 and $17.00 an hour and Ohio’s was raised to $11.00 an hour.
Businesses are paying far more than the current minimum wage in Pennsylvania, which is $7.25 an hour, to keep up with neighboring states like Ohio and New York and employers are doing their best to keep people here in Pennsylvania and not look for jobs elsewhere
Marc Turner, the President of Career Concepts said they haven’t seen too many people leave the state for other higher paying jobs.
“It’s not too much of a problem except for people who are right on the border. We see statistically people, the vast majority, way above 90 percent don’t typically drive 20 or 30 minutes for a job”, said Turner…