Ohio Minimum Wage News Today

The Ohio Restaurant & Hospitality Alliance opposes raising the minimum wage — arguing it would hurt tipped workers.

While Ohio recently raised the minimum wage, it's one of many states still paying young workers less.

The increases are the consequence of a constitutional amendment passed by Ohio voters in 2006 that ties minimum wages to the Consumer Price Index — the federal government’s index of inflation.

Senate Bill 146 would gradually raise the minimum wage one dollar each year until it was up to $15.

A proposal to raise Ohio’s minimum wage to $15 an hour cleared another hurdle Monday on its way to the statewide ballot.

With inflation at the highest level since the Reagan administration, the minimum wage starting January 2023 will be $10.10 per hour, and $5.05 for tipped employees.

The minimum wage for non-tipped employees will increase from $8.80 per hour to $9.30 beginning Jan. 1, according to the Ohio Department of Commerce.