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San Francisco's minimum wage is now $15 an hour - here's how that stacks up to other major cities

Detroit — $9.25 an hour

San Francisco's minimum wage is now $15 an hour - here's how that stacks up to other major cities

Louisville — $7.25 an hour

Louisville — $7.25 an hour

Minimum wage: $7.25 an hour

Tipped wage: $2.13 an hour

Upcoming increases: None

Median rental housing price: $1,195 per month

Note: Every city in Kentucky follows federal minimum wage standards. In 2016, the state ruled that cities do not have the authority to raise the minimum wage.

Iowa City — $7.25 an hour

Iowa City — $7.25 an hour

Minimum wage: $7.25 an hour

Tipped wage: $4.35 an hour

Upcoming increases: Annual indexing will begin in January 2021.

Median rental housing price: $1,325 per month

Most cities in Iowa follow federal minimum wage standards. In 2017, the state's former governor Terry Branstad signed a bill that limited the minimum wage in Johnson County (where Iowa City is located) to $7.25 — before a proposed $10.10 raise could take effect there.

Los Angeles — $13.25 an hour

Los Angeles — $13.25 an hour

Minimum wage: $13.25 an hour

Tipped wage: $13.25 an hour

Upcoming increases: The minimum wage will increase to $14.25 an hour starting in July 2019, then rise to $15 an hour in July 2021. Annual indexing is slated to begin in July 2022, based on LA County's Consumer Price Index.

Median rental housing price: $1,360 per month

Phoenix — $10.50 an hour

Phoenix — $10.50 an hour

Minimum wage: $7.25 an hour

Tipped wage: $2.13 an hour

Upcoming increases: None

Median rental housing price: $1,395 per month

Note: Every city in Arizona except Flagstaff follows state minimum wage standards.

Baltimore — $10.10 an hour

Baltimore — $10.10 an hour

Minimum wage: $10.10 an hour

Tipped wage: $3.63 an hour

Upcoming increases: None

Median rental housing price: $1,400 per month

Note: Most cities in Maryland follow state minimum wage standards.

Philadelphia — $7.25 an hour

Philadelphia — $7.25 an hour

Minimum wage: $7.25 an hour

Tipped wage: $2.83 an hour

Upcoming increases: None

Median rental housing price: $1,550 per month

Note: Every city in Pennsylvania follows federal minimum wage standards.

Houston — $7.25 an hour

Houston — $7.25 an hour

Minimum wage: $7.25 an hour

Tipped wage: $2.13 an hour

Upcoming increases: None

Median rental housing price: $1,550 per month

Note: Every city in Texas follows federal minimum wage standards.

Chicago — $12 an hour

Chicago — $12 an hour

Minimum wage: $12 an hour

Tipped wage: $6.25 an hour

Upcoming increases: Minimum wage will increase to $13 an hour starting in July 2019. Annual indexing will begin in July 2020, with the hourly wage raising to $13.63 and the tipped wage to $6.53 in Chicago based on the metro area's Consumer Price Index.

Median rental housing price: $1,800 per month

Denver — $10.20 an hour

Denver — $10.20 an hour

Minimum wage: $10.20 an hour

Tipped wage: $7.18 an hour

Upcoming increases: The minimum wage will go up to $11.10 per hour starting in January 2019, then rise again to $12 an hour in January 2020. Annual indexing will begin in January 2021, based on Colorado's Consumer Price Index.

Median rental housing price: $2,195 per month

Note: Every city in Colorado follows state minimum wage standards.

Miami — $8.25 an hour

Miami — $8.25 an hour

Minimum wage: $8.25 an hour

Tipped wage: $5.23 an hour

Upcoming increases: None

Median rental housing price: $2,450 per month

Note: Every city in Florida follows state minimum wage standards.

Washington, DC — $13.25 an hour

Washington, DC — $13.25 an hour

Minimum wage: $13.25 an hour

Tipped wage: $3.89 an hour

Upcoming increases: Minimum wage will go up to $14 per hour in July 2019, then to $15 per hour in July 2020. Annual indexing will begin in July 2021, based on the DC metro area's Consumer Price Index.

Median rental housing price: $2,650 per month

New York City — $13 an hour

New York City — $13 an hour

Minimum wage: $13 an hour

Tipped wage: $8.65 an hour

Upcoming increases: Minimum wage will go up to $15 an hour starting in January 2019.

Median rental housing price: $2,900 per month


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