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Arizona employers would be required to pay a minimum wage of $12 an hour by 2020, if an initiative qualifies for the ballot and passes. Several hundred people rallied in Phoenix in support of a hike in the minimum wage in November.(Photo: Rob Schumacher/The Republic) The drive to raise Arizona's minimum wage to $12 an hour is more than halfway toward its goal of qualifying for the November ballot, supporters announced Tuesday.
In total, 29 states (and the District of Columbia) have now set a minimum wage level higher than the federal standard of $7.25 an hour. Aside from local districts, D.C. has the highest minimum wage in the U.S. at $11.50, followed by Massachusetts and Washington with $11.00 each. Arizona is going to make the biggest pay leap this month, with its minimum wage increasing by $1.95 to $10.00 in total. Many cities have enacted even higher local minimums.