Higher Minimum Wages Support Job Growth

Center for American Progress: States that guarantee better pay for their workers have added more jobs in 2021 than states with lower minimum and subminimum wages.

A new analysis presented in this brief shows that having higher minimum wages and eliminating subminimum wages has not hindered job growth. Indeed, employment in the predominantly low-wage leisure and hospitality industry has recovered faster in states that guarantee better pay for low-wage workers. The fact of the matter is that successful businesses in the United States can easily afford to pay a living wage to all of their workers without being significantly harmed financially.