West Virginia has become the latest state to raise its minimum wage above the federal level of $7.25 an hour. Gov. Earl Tomblin signed the law Tuesday raising the state's minimum wage to $8.00 an hour in 2015 and $8.75 in 2016.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/03/1289390/-West-Virginia-s-minimum-wage-is-going-up
Full time minimum wage workers in Virginia earn a total of $290.00 per week and approximately $15,080.00 per year (based on a 8 hour days and a 260-day work year) before taxes. The federal poverty threshold for a household of two is $14,570 per year.
http://www.minimum-wage.us/state.php/?state=Virginia
West Virginia's governor has signed a bill that will increase the state's minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.00 on January 1, 2015, and to $8.75 on January 1, 2016. 2014 Bill Text WV H.B. 4283.
http://www.xperthr.com/news/west-virginia-to-increase-minimum-wage-to-usd800-in-2015-usd875-in-2016/12269/
West Virginia's governor has signed a bill that will increase the state's minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.00 on January 1, 2015, and to $8.75 on January 1, 2016. 2014 Bill Text WV H.B. 4283. The new law also increases from 20 percent to 70 percent the proportion of the minimum wage that can be satisfied by tips.
http://www.xperthr.com/news/west-virginia-to-increase-minimum-wage-to-usd800-in-2015-usd875-in-2016/12269/
The Virginia Minimum Wage is the lowest hourly wage that an employee working in Virginia can legally be paid. Both Virginia and the federal government have set a legal minimum wage-Virginia's is $7.25 per hour, while the federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour.
http://www.minimum-wage.us/state.php/?state=Virginia
The West Virginia Minimum Wage is greater than the Federal Minimum Wage of $7.25 per hour, so employees in West Virginia are entitled to the higher minimum wage of $8.00 per hour. Please Note: Twenty states have raised their minimum wage as of January 1, 2015.
http://www.minimum-wage.us/state.php/?state=west_virginia
The state’s minimum wage will rise from the current federal rate of $7.25 an hour to $8 at the start of 2015 and then to $8.75 in 2016. West Virginia will be the 22nd state to have a higher minimum wage than what federal law requires.
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/04/03/3422419/west-virginia-minimum-wage/
California’s increase is particularly noteworthy: The California state minimum wage will rise from $8 per hour today to $9 per hour in January 2014, and then to $10 per hour in January 2015. Connecticut’s minimum wage will rise to $8.40 in 2014 and $9 in 2015.
http://www.epi.org/publication/raising-federal-minimum-wage-to-1010/
In West Virginia, a more modest wage hike will still lift earnings for the 22,000 of the state’s 446,000 hourly workers who currently earn minimum wage, and tens of thousands more who currently earn above $7.25 but below $8.
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/04/03/3422419/west-virginia-minimum-wage/
Back in April, Governor Earl Ray Tomblin signed a bill raising minimum wage by 75 cents, which means it will soon rise to $8 an hour. The raise goes into effect January 1st. As part of the bill, minimum wage will go up another 75 cents in 2016.
http://www.wsaz.com/home/headlines/WVa-Minimum-Wage-Rising-in-2015-and-2016-285770601.html
minimum wage in virginia in 2016
The minimum wage in Virginia was $8.75 in 2016. A minimum wage in Virginia is $8.75 in 2016.