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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.
There is no minimum wage requirement under local law. If approved, this measure would establish a minimum wage in the City of Oakland. Starting on March 2, 2015, the minimum wage in Oakland would be $12.25 per hour, and would increase yearly based on increases in the cost of living, if any. This is higher than the minimum wage required under state and federal minimum wage laws. The state minimum wage is $9.00 and will increase to $10.00 in 2016.