State Question 832 would raise Oklahoma’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2029. Beginning in 2030, it would automatically increase every year based on the federal Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, or CPI-W.
Those automatic increases would continue indefinitely and would not require approval from Congress or the Oklahoma Legislature, according to the official ballot title.
Recent history shows the national CPI-W and Oklahoma-specific price growth do not always move at the same rate…