Many workers around the country won't be as lucky as residents of Washington state, which is raising its minimum wage Tuesday by 15 cents an hour even though it already has the highest state baseline in the country. Minimum-wage workers in Idaho will make nearly $2 an hour less in 2013 than their counterparts living just one state to the west. New Year Brings Minimum-Wage Hikes In 10 States 
 
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 On Tuesday, the minimum wage in 10 states will increase by anywhere from a dime to 35 cents. He has spent the past year watching food prices climb, and now that wages are rising, he's worried. For all of the states but one, the pay hikes are part of automatic adjustments designed to keep up with the cost of living. Many states, including Idaho, follow the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, either because they've tied their minimum wage to that threshold or because the state-enacted minimum is lower than that. San Francisco has set the highest local minimum wage and will have workers paid at least $10.55 an hour in 2013.
– The new year brings with it minimum wage increases—from as little as 10 cents to as much as 35 cents—in 10 states, helping almost one million workers, NPR reports. Nine of the hikes were part of automatic cost-of-living adjustments, but in Rhode Island, the wage was upped for the first time in five years thanks to a new law. The increases also mean that the minimum wage gap is growing, the AP points out: Washington state, for example, bumped its minimum up to $9.19 per hour, while in neighboring Idaho, the lowest wage is almost $2 per hour less.