Floridians approve raising minimum wage to $15

By Jay Heflin

Published November 4, 2020 3:48am ET

Floridians approve raising minimum wage to $15 — Demonstrators rally for a $15 minimum wage before a meeting of the wage board in New York, Monday, June 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) | Seth Wenig

Floridians approved a ballot measure Tuesday that would gradually increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour, according to the New York Times.

The state’s minimum wage is currently set at $8.56, higher than the $7.25 federal minimum wage.

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