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A rally for a $15 minimum hourly wage in New York City in 2015. The city raised its minimum wage to $15 in 2018, while New York State raised its minimum wage to $11.80 in December 2019, and that will increase statewide at the end of 2020 to $12.50.
16 states to raise minimum wage in 2016

This story has been updated to reflect that eight states may see small hikes to their minimum wage due to cost of living in 2016, that New York's minimum wage is rising from $8.75 and that at least 16 states will be raising the minimum wage in 2016.