Arizona minimum wage goes up in January

Oct. 15, 2011 08:58 AM
Associated Press

Arizonans earning minimum wage will get a bump in pay starting Jan. 1.

The Industrial Commission of Arizona decided this week to raise the state's hourly minimum wage by 30 cents to $7.65 in 2012.

The commission made its decision based on a 3.8 percent increase in the federal Consumer Price Index, which measures how much households have to pay for consumer goods and services.

An Arizona law approved in 2006 established a state minimum wage apart from the federal wage and provided for an annual cost-of-living increase.

The commission raised the minimum wage for 2011 by 10 cents in what was the first increase in two years.

Because the cost of living fell in 2009, Arizona's minimum wage wasn't raised in January 2010.

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