Arizona already has one of the highest statewide minimum wages in the United States, but a new ballot measure would bump the minimum to $18 an hour — and eventually require tipped workers to be paid that rate as a base salary.
Raise the Wage AZ, the political group behind the ballot measure called the “One Fair Wage Act,” turned in on July 3 more than the required number of signatures to get the measure on the ballot in November.
As of January, Arizona’s minimum wage is $14.35 per hour. It has risen eight years in a row because the current minimum wage law requires the minimum wage to increase with the consumer price index. The current law allows employers to pay tipped workers $3 less than the minimum wage. That law was passed by voters in 2016.
The new measure, if approved by voters, would bump the minimum wage to $18 an hour with steeper increases than currently on the books.
