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New Jersey Among 24 States Increasing Minimum Wage In 2020

NEW JERSEY (CBS) -- New Jersey's lowest-paid employees will get a pay raise as they ring in the new year. New Jersey is among two dozen states and 48 cities set to increase the minimum wage.

This will bring the hourly rate to $11 an hour — a 10% increase.

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That rate will increase $1 a year until it reaches $15 an hour.

There is no change in Pennsylvania or Delaware.

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