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Detroit's minimum wage is a whopping $7.40 an hour, more than $2 above the federal minimum wage when it was enacted; and pressure groups are pushing for more. Additionally, any company contracting with the city must pay its employees $8.23 an hour if they offer benefits or $10.28 an hour if they do not offer benefits.
At least six other states plus Washington, D.C. will have higher minimum wages than Michigan by the time it raises the wage to $9.25 in 2018. That's counting Maryland, which will raise its rate to $10.10 in July 2018, and Minnesota, which set different rates for large and small employers.ashington, D.C.'s minimum wage will increase to $11.50 by 2016. In addition to Michigan, a dozen states plus Washington, D.C. have minimum wages that are currently or will be tied to some type of annual inflationary adjustment, according to the NCSL. Email Melissa Anders at manders@mlive.com.