Oregon minimum wage to increase by 15 cents


The state’s lowest legal wage will rise to $9.25 an hour in 2015.

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The state’s lowest legal wage will rise to $9.25 an hour in 2015.

The wage will increase from the current $9.10; that means a full-time, minimum wage employee will earn roughly $6 more a week, good for $370 a week in gross income. 

The minimum wage increase is the result of Ballot Measure 25 passed in 2002, which ties the wage to the Consumer Price Index.

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