Minneapolis, St. Paul minimum wage increases

Photo by: WDAY Radio Staff
Photo by: WDAY Radio Staff

(Minneapolis, MN) -- The minimum wage is up in Minneapolis.

Small businesses must pay $13,50 an hour, while bigger businesses must pay $15 dollars an hour. St. Paul will also see minimum wage per hour increase to twelve dollars for small businesses and $13.50 for larges ones.

The Twin Cities both have higher minimum wage rates than the rest of the state, which requires small businesses to pay $8.42 an hour and large ones to pay $10.33.