Nebraska voters overwhelmingly approve minimum wage increase
This is a file image of twenty dollar bills. (Elise Amendola, AP)
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) — Nebraskans making less than $15 an hour will be getting a raise sometime in the next few years.
Voters approved Initiative 433 by an almost 18-point margin, as of 11:45 p.m. Tuesday.
The state’s minimum wage, currently $9 an hour, will increase gradually.
The first pay bump will come on Jan. 1, when the minimum wage goes up to $10.50.
After that, it will increase by $1.50 every year until 2026.
Among Nebraska’s surrounding states, Colorado, Missouri and South Dakota currently have higher minimum wages. In Iowa, Kansas and Wyoming, workers must be paid at least $7.25 an hour, which is the federal minimum wage.
