PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — The Rhode Island minimum wage will be climbing in the new year and again in 2027.
The state’s minimum wage will go from $15 to $16 an hour starting on January 1.
It will go up again to $17 an hour in 2027.
The increase is from a bill signed into law by Governor Dan McKee in August.
21 other states will be increasing their own minimum wage in the coming year.
