As NJ Hits Goal of $15 Minimum Wage, There’s Talk of an Even Bigger Hike

The minimum hourly wage is now over $15 for the first time in New Jersey, thanks to a $1 increase that took effect on Jan. 1, immediately lifting take-home pay for an estimated 350,000 hourly workers.

But as Gov. Phil Murphy and fellow Democrats who control both houses of the Legislature celebrate a policy achievement years in the making, many have begun asking whether more should be done for the state’s lowest-wage workers.