Oregon Minimum Wage Hike to Start from July 1 Under Three Categories of Standard Rates
As per the state legislature’s 2016 automatic yearly schedule, Oregon’s minimum wage is scheduled to increase on July 1. In 2024, there will be a statewide rise of 50 cents, but there will still be three distinct minimum wages in the state:
- One for the standard pay
- For the Portland metro area, and
- For non-urban areas.
Hourly rates in Portland’s metro area will go from $15.45 to $15.95, while those in the standard and non-urban areas would see increases from $14.20 to $14.70 and $13.20 to $13.70, respectively.
By April 30th of every year, the annual adjustment is computed by the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries using the Consumer Price Index as a measure of inflation for the previous year. To the closest five cents, all adjustments are rounded.
To ensure that the Portland wage is consistently $1.25 higher than the standard and the non-urban wage consistently $1 lower than the standard, the formula is applied to the standard minimum wage before adjusting the other two by the same dollar amount as per KGW News.
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$13.70 per hour (Non-urban rate)
The nonurban rate applies to the entirety of each county listed below:
- Baker
- Coos
- Crook
- Curry
- Douglas
- Gilliam
- Grant
- Harney
- Jefferson
- Klamath
- Lake
- Malheur
- Morrow
- Sherman
- Umatilla
- Union
- Wallowa
- Wheeler
$14.70 per hour (Standard rate)
The standard rate impacts the counties below, as well as parts of Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties that are outside the urban growth boundary:
- Benton
- Clatsop
- Columbia
- Deschutes
- Hood River
- Jackson
- Josephine
- Lane
- Lincoln
- Linn
- Marion
- Polk
- Tillamook
- Wasco
- Yamhill
$15.95 per hour (Portland metro rate)
The Portland metro area rate applies to areas within the urban growth boundary, which include parts of the counties below:
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
The minimum wage in Washington state goes up every year on January 1st instead of July 1st; in 2024, it went up from $15.74 to $16.28. In 2024, the federal minimum wage will stay at $7.25 an hour, unchanged from its 2009 level. But greater minimum salaries are determined by 30 individual states.
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