Minimum Wage Increasing

Dec 21, 2023

by Liz Gullett

As MLC’s Communications and Social Media Manager, Liz Gullett keeps clients informed and up-to-date on the goings on in Lansing and the Capitol.

On January 1, 2024, Michigan’s minimum wage rate is set to increase. Passed in 2018, Michigan’s Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act established an annual schedule of increases.

Effective January 1:

    • The minimum hourly wage will increase from $10.10 per hour to $10.33.
    • The 85% rate for minors aged 16 and 17 will increase to $8.78 per hour.
    • The tipped employee rate of hourly pay increases to $3.93 per hour.
    • The training wage of $4.25 per hour for newly hired employees ages 16 to 19 for their first 90 calendar days remains unchanged.

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