Denver’s minimum wage will rise for most workers from $18.81 to $19.29 an hour starting on New Year’s Day.
That’s more than twice the national minimum wage of $7.25 and the highest in the state. Colorado’s minimum wage will be $15.16, except in communities like Denver with higher local minimum wages.
The other cities with local minimum wages are:
- Edgewater at $18.17
- Boulder and Boulder County at $16.82
Denver will also raise its tipped minimum wage — the base wage that must be paid to workers who get tips, such as restaurant servers…