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This bill — the Raise the Wage Act of 2019 — would increase the $7.25 an hour federal minimum wage in phases each year until it reaches $15 an hour in October 2024. It would index future increases in the federal minimum wage to median wage growth, in order to ensure that the value of the minimum wage doesn’t erode over time again, as it has in the past. It would also repeal subminimum wages to ensure that tipped workers, youth workers, and individuals with disabilities are competitively employed at the minimum wage.

Specifically, the federal minimum wage would be increased to the following levels:

$8.55 an hour on the first day of the third month after this bill’s enactment;
$9.85 an hour after one year has elapsed;
$11.15 an hour after two years have elapsed;
$12.45 an hour after three years have elapsed;
$13.75 an hour after four years have elapsed; and
$15 an hour after five years have elapsed.

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