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Oregon minimum wage workers will get 50-cent bump in July

The Bulletin·The Bulletin·about 1 month ago
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Oregon workers making minimum wage will get an additional 50 cents per hour beginning in July, the state’s Bureau of Labor and Industries announced Thursday. The state has three different minimum wages, depending on location. Beginning July 1, minimum wage will be: $16.80 for workers in the Portland metro area. $15.55 for workers in Benton, Clatsop, Columbia, Deschutes, Hood River, Jackson, Josephine, Lane, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Polk, Tillamook, Wasco and Yamhill counties, as well as the parts of Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties that aren’t included in Portland’s urban growth boundary. $14.55 for workers in the rural counties of Baker, Coos, Crook, Curry, Douglas, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa and Wheeler. All new wages are 50 cents higher than the current minimum for that area. State law requires adjusting the minimum wage to account for inflation each year. Using the U.S.…

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