Minimum wages increase in Michigan on New Year's Day

[RandySF]

As the new year begins, Michigan’s minimum wage will increase by more than a dollar, from $12.48 to $13.73 an hour.

Smaller increases also go into effect for tipped workers and workers aged 16 and 17 years old, but still well below the state minimum wage.

The minimum wage changes are part of a legislative tweak to a law that would have increased wages even more. Now, Michigan’s basic minimum wage is set to increase to $15 an hour in 2027, and rise with inflation after that.

The change upset advocates, who launched an initiative petition campaign to ask voters to give tipped workers the same minimum wage by 2030.




https://www.michiganpublic.org/economy/2025-12-31/minimum-wages-increase-in-michigan-on-new-years-day

[JBTaurus83]

1. A lot of tipped workers

Prefer that their pay doesn’t change to the extent hourly workers do. They make much more in tips, and usually don’t claim cash tips on taxes. I was born and raised in Michigan, and a lot of my friends work and worked in tipped positions.

I’m glad basic hourly wages are going up for those who don’t receive tips, but, man, $15 seems quaint now with the cost of rent alone.