Oregon鈥檚 minimum wage has gone up, from $13.50 per hour to $14.20 per hour. The increase of 70 cents this year is based on inflation between March 2022 and March 2023, which was 5%. The increase and went into effect Saturday.
By state law, workers in the Portland metro area earn $1.25 more than the baseline minimum wage. So the new minimum wage in the Portland area is $15.45 an hour.
The minimum wage for workers in rural counties is $1 less than the baseline. They鈥檒l now earn $13.20 per hour.
Oregon adopted the tiered approach to its minimum wage with three different rates seven years ago, . , the baseline rate has increased by just about $5.
In 2022, about 5% of hourly workers in Oregon earned the minimum wage.
The remains $7.25 an hour.
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