Effective July 1, 2016, the minimum wage in Oregon will begin increasing on a pre-set annual basis through the year 2022. \u00a0The increases vary depending on where the employer is \u201clocated,\u201d with the highest amount applying to employers in the Portland metro area, and the lowest amount applying in smaller \u201cnonurban\u201d counties. (See list of \u201cnonurban\u201d counties below)\u00a0 There is a mid-range for employers in urban areas other than Portland, including Eugene, Salem, Medford, Bend, and Springfield.<\/p>\n
The ranges, year by year, are as follows:<\/p>\n
July 1, 2016\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $9.50 – $9.75<\/p>\n
July 1, 2017\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $10.00 \u2013 $10.25- $11.25<\/p>\n
July 1, 2018\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $10.50 – $10.75 – $12.00<\/p>\n
July 1, 2019\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $11.00 – $11.25 – $12.50<\/p>\n
July 1, 2020\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $11.50 – $12.00 – $13.25<\/p>\n
July 1, 2021\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $12.00 – $12.75 – $14.00<\/p>\n
July 1, 2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $12.50 – $13.50 – $14.75<\/p>\n
The law provides that the rate will be adjusted annually for after 2022. \u00a0The Bureau of Labor is charged with implementing rules to determine an employer\u2019s\u00a0\u201clocation.\u201d \u00a0For more information, please contact a PRH attorney.<\/p>\n
Nonurban Counties:\u00a0 Baker, Coos, Crook, Curry, Douglas, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, and Wheeler.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Effective July 1, 2016, the minimum wage in Oregon will begin increasing on a pre-set annual basis through the year 2022. \u00a0The increases vary depending on where the employer is \u201clocated,\u201d with the highest amount applying to employers in the Portland metro area, and the lowest amount applying in smaller \u201cnonurban\u201d counties. (See list of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14023,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3878],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prhlaborlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prhlaborlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prhlaborlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prhlaborlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prhlaborlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prhlaborlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prhlaborlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prhlaborlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prhlaborlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prhlaborlaw.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}