Maine Beacon - Average
hourly earnings for private-sector Maine workers increased to $22.70 an
hour and total employment increased to an all-time high, with a gain of
more than 4,000 seasonally-adjusted jobs from December.
Significant
employment gains were seen among Maine’s restaurants and hotels, with
the accommodation and food service sector gaining 700 jobs.
Maine’s
minimum wage increased from $7.50 to $9 an hour in January, with the
sub-minimum base wage for workers who receive tips, like restaurant
servers, increasing from $3.75 to $5 an hour. The minimum wage will
continue to increase on an annual basis until it reaches $12 an hour in
2020. The tipped wage will reach $12 in 2024.
1 comment:
Classic trickle up. Increase demand potential at the lower end of the economy and the increased aggregate demand will drive an increase in supply requiring more workers. That is the opposite result that a supply side "economist" would predict.
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