Officials may re-evaluate Oregon minimum wage


Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian wants to re-assess minimum wage to ensure workers remain above the federal poverty line.

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Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian wants to re-assess the state’s minimum wage to ensure workers remain above the federal poverty line.

Oregon’s minimum wage this year is $9.10 per hour, second in the nation only to Washington’s $9.32. They are among 11 states that link annual increases in the minimum wage to inflation. Twenty-one states and Washington, D.C., have higher minimums than the federal rate, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

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