NewsOctober 6, 2007
Minimum wage to rise to $6.65
The Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's minimum wage will rise by 15 cents, starting Jan. 1, to a new rate of $6.65 an hour. The change marks the first automatic adjustment for Missouri's minimum wage since voters passed a ballot measure last year. That initiative raised the basic wage from $5.15 to $6.50 an hour in 2007, with an annual inflationary adjustment thereafter...
The Associated Press
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Missouri's minimum wage will rise by 15 cents, starting Jan. 1, to a new rate of $6.65 an hour.
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The change marks the first automatic adjustment for Missouri's minimum wage since voters passed a ballot measure last year. That initiative raised the basic wage from $5.15 to $6.50 an hour in 2007, with an annual inflationary adjustment thereafter.
The 2008 increase in the minimum wage is based on a 2.2 percent change in the Consumer Price Index between July 2006 and July 2007.
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