States with the highest minimum wage

POSTED: 10:46 AM PDT Oct 14, 2011 UPDATED: 09:15 AM PST Feb 13, 2013

In his State of the Union address, President Obama pressed to raise the hourly rate in stages to $9 an hour in 2015, up from the current $7.25. Find out which states currently have the highest minimum wage.

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Most of the eight states with minimum wage rates of more than $8 an hour are on the East and West coasts, which generally have higher costs of living.

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Minimum Wage - California1

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Minimum Wage - Massachusetts1

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Minimum Wage - Vermont1

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Minimum Wage - Connecticut1

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Minimum Wage - Illinois

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Minimum Wage - Nevada1

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Minimum Wage - Oregon1

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Minimum Wage - Washington1

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