Colorado

Colorado’s minimum wage is on a fast climb. Since voters approved the creation of a statewide minimum wage in 2007, the rate has risen each year, pushing Colorado toward some of the highest minimum wages in the nation. Government data shows a majority of the state’s restaurants are small businesses,…

Denver’s recently-announced hike will put its minimum wage among some of the highest in the nation: the standard rate will reach $18.29 per hour in January, and the tipped minimum wage will be $15.27 per hour. As a result of recent historic inflation, Denver has departed from the state’s more…