Oregon’s minimum wage will rise by 35 cents an hour on July 1, state labor officials announced Friday.
The state raises its minimum wage every year to keep pace with inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index. High inflation rates since the pandemic have thereby pushed the minimum wage up sharply over the past three years.
The amount varies, though, because Oregon has three different minimum wages to account for variances in the cost of living in different parts of the state…