Rhode Island minimum wage hike to take effect New Year’s Day

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.