Minimum wage workers in Florida are getting to get a pay hike today!
The current minimum wage is $8.65 per hour, but that will go up by $1.35 to $10 per hour.
The pay increase comes a year after Florida voters passed Amendment 2 in the 2020 general election, for the state minimum wage to rise over the next several years until it eventually reaches $15 per hour.
The pay increase schedule looks like this:
$10 on Sept. 30, 2021
$11 on Sept. 30, 2022
$12 on Sept. 30, 2023
$13 on Sept. 30, 2024
$14 on Sept. 30, 2025
$15 on Sept. 30, 2026
Orlando trial attorney John Morgan led the effort for Amendment 2, and invested $6 million of his own money into the initiative.