Enacted Living Wage Ordinances

Location Year Hourly Wage Indexing/Increase Provisions Applies To
Baltimore, MD 1994 $7.70 None City contractors and subcontractors
Boston, MA 1997 $8.23 Adjusted every July to match either poverty level, inflation rate, or federal or state minimum wage City contractors and subcontractors
Buffalo, NY 1999 $6.221, $7.222 $7.25 and $8.15 in 2001; and $8.08 and $9.08 in 2002 City contractors and subcontractors
Cambridge, MA 1999 $10 None City employees, contractors, subcontractors, financial assistance recipients
Chicago, Il 1998 $7.60 None Private businesses providing certain types of employees
Cook County, Il 1998 $7.60 None City contractors
Dane County, WI 1999 $7.91 110% of poverty level County employees and contractors
Dayton, OH 1998 $71, $8.502 None City employees and contractors
Des Moines, IA 1996 $9 None Financial assistance recipients
Detroit, MI 1998 $8.271, $10.332 Adjusted annually City contractors and subcontractors and financial assistance recipients
Duluth, MN 1997 $6.501, $7.252 Indexed to CPI City contractors and subcontractors and financial assistance recipients
Durham, NC 1998 $7.55 as of 10/98 Indexed to federal poverty level Service contracts
Hayward, CA 1999 $8.001, $9.252 Indexed annually to area's CPI City employees and contractors / subcontractors for certain services
Hidalgo County, TX 1999 $7.50 None County employees and county controlled federal and state programs
Hudson County, NJ 1999 $7.73 Indexed to federal minimum wage Apparel manufacturers and contractors that provide certain services
Jersey City, NJ 1996 $7.50 None Private contractors providing certain types of employees
Los Angeles County, CA 1999 $8.321, $9.462 Adjusted by County Board of Supervisors County contractors and subcontractors
Los Angeles, CA 1997 $7.391, $8.642 Adjusted annually Service contractors and subcontractors and financial assistance recipients
Madison, WI 1999 $7.91 Indexed to federal poverty level Service contractors and subcontractors and financial assistance recipients
Memphis, TN 1999 Prevailing wage None Contractors and subcontractors on publicly funded projects
Miami-Dade County, FL 1999 $8.561, $9.812 None County employees, contractors, and subcontractors; airport employees
Milwaukee County, WI 1997 $6.25 None County contractors
Milwaukee, WI 1995 $6.56 Adjusted annually to match the federal poverty level City service contractors
Milwaukee, WI (public schools) 1996 $7.70 None School contractors
Milwaukee, WI (public schools) 1996 $7.70 None School contractors
Minneapolis, MN 1997 $8.271, $9.092 Adjusted annually to match 100% - 110% of federal poverty level Financial assistance recipients
Multnomah County, OR 1996 $9 Adjusted annually Non-supervisory custodial, security, and food service employees
New Haven, CT 1997 $9.09 Adjusted annually Certain city contractors
New York, NY 1996 $7.25 - $11.25 Adjusted annually by city comptroller Certain city contractors
Oakland, CA 1998 $81, $9.252 Adjusted annually City contractors and subcontractors and financial assistance recipients
Orange County, NC 1998 $8 None County contractors and subcontractors and financial assistance recipients
Pasadena, CA 1998 $7.251, $8.502 None City service contractors
Portland, OR 1996 $8 None City service contractors
San Antonio, TX 1998 $10.133, $9.274 None Tax abatement recipients
San Jose, CA 1998 $9.501, $10.752 Adjusted annually to poverty level, city cost of living, prevailing wage, or CPI County contractors and subcontractors and financial assistance recipients
Santa Clara County, CA 1995 $10 None Manufacturers applying for property tax rebate
Somerville, MA 1999 $8.35 Adjusted annually to federal poverty level or CPI City service contractors and subcontractors
St. Paul, MN 1997 $8.271, $9.092 Adjusted annually to match 100% - 110% of federal poverty level City service contractors receiving financial assistance
Tuscon, AZ 1999 $81, $92 None City service contractors
West Hollywood, CA 1997 $7.251, $8.502 May be adjusted annually to reflect inflation City contractors and subcontractors
Ypsilanti, MI 1999 $8.501, $102 None City contractors and subcontractors

       1Without benefits
       2With benefits
       3Durable goods manufacturing
       4Non-durable goods manufacturing and services

 

Living Wage Proposals

Albany, New York San Francisco, California
Albuquerque, New Mexico Santa Monica, California
Hartford, Connecticut Toledo, Ohio
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Warren, Michigan
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  

 

Living Wage Campaigns Underway

Alexandria, Virginia Little Rock, Arkansas
Ann Arbor, Michigan Long Beach, California
Annapolis, Maryland Louisville, Kentucky
Arlington, Texas Manhattan, Kansas
Atlanta, Georgia Marin County, California
Austin, Texas Mountain View, California
Austin, Texas (school district) Nashville, Tennessee
Berkeley, California Nassowadox, Virginia
Bloomington, Indiana Niagara County, New York
Buffalo, New York (school district) North Hampton, Massachusetts
Cheyenne, Wyoming Omaha, Nebraska
Cincinnati, Ohio Palo Alto, California
Cleveland, Ohio Portland, Maine
Columbia, South Carolina Prince George's County, Maryland
Concord, New Hampshire Providence, Rhode Island
Covington, Kentucky Provo, Utah
Dallas, Texas Racine, Wisconsin
Denver, Colorado Rapid City, Iowa
Durham County, North Carolina Reno, Nevada
Eugene, Oregon Rochester, New York
Fresno, California Salem, Oregon
Gainsville, Florida San Diego, California
Grand Rapids, Michigan Santa Cruz County, California
Greensboro, North Carolina Scranton, Pennsylvania
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Seattle, Washington
Helena, Montana South Bend, Indiana
Houston, Texas Spokane, Washington
Indianapolis, Indiana St. Louis, Missouri
Kalamazoo, Michigan Tempe, Arizona
Lansing, Michigan Utica, New York
Lexington, Kentucky Valdosta, Georgia
Lincoln, Nebraska Washington, District of Columbia
Lincoln City, Oregon Williamsburg, Virginia