N.J. minimum wage to hit record high, exceeding target set by Murphy and lawmakers

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Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law in 2019 to gradually increase the statewide minimum wage in New Jersey.

New Jersey’s statewide minimum wage will increase by $1 next year to $15.13 per hour for most employees, exceeding the $15 target set by state leaders in 2019.campaigned on a promise to raise the state’s minimum wage, which was $8.60 per hour when the Democrat took office in 2018. It was a goal Democratic state lawmakers had their eyes on since at least 2016, when their efforts to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour were stymied by former Gov.

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