Starting Jan. 1, Delaware will join a short list of nine states with a minimum wage of at least $15.
The First State will also claim the largest single increase in 2025, with a $1.75 per-hour hike from $13.25.
With the new $15 minimum wage, Delaware joins a growing list of states hitting this benchmark . However, it still lags behind leaders like Washington, D.C., where the minimum wage will go to $17.50 (with a second bump set for later in the year), and states like Washington, Connecticut and California, where rates will hit at least $16 in 2025.
Closer to home, New Jersey is hiking the minimum wage to $15.49 on Jan. 1 — a cost-of-living changes after years of gradual bumps aimed at getting to $15 per hour.
Pennsylvania, in stark contrast, remains at the federal minimum of $7.25, though there are stalled legislative efforts to change that.
This article originally appeared on Delaware News Journal: What is minimum wage in 2025? Delaware has biggest change in nation