7 Companies Jumping on the $15 Minimum Wage Train: UA, CMG, AMZN, TGT, COST, BAC, BBY
The push to increase the minimum wage to $15 per hour continues and more companies are embracing the change.
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Several companies are announced plans to bump the minimum wage up to $15 an hour. There are also quite a few that are already there or offer a minimum wage even higher than that. Let’s take a look at a few of them below.
Companies Paying a Mimumun Wage of $15 or More
Under Armour (NYSE:UA) revealed plans recently to increase its minimum wage from $10 per hour to $15 per hour. This change goes into effect on June 6.
Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG) isn’t increasing its minimum wage to $15. However, it notes that recent pay changes have its average wage at $15.
Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) is well ahead of others, having increased its minimum wage to $15 per hour for all employees in 2018.
Target (NYSE:TGT) is on its way to a $15 an hour minimum wage with pay changes that go into effect early next month.
Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST) is one-upping the companies above by recently increasing its minimum wage to $16 an hour for all workers. This change went into effect in March of this year.
Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) has been consistently increasing its minimum wage. The current is $20 an hour, which was set in place in 2020 from $17 per hour in 2019. The company plans to increase its minimum wage to $25 an hour by the time 2025 gets here.
Best Buy (NYSE:BBY) closes out the list as a company that is already paying its employees a minimum wage of $15 an hour. It adopted this new minimum wage in August 2020 after bumping up pay for employees during the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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