Boulder County revisits minimum wage increases

Boulder County considers slowing minimum wage increases

Boulder County commissioners are weighing a proposal to slow the pace of minimum wage increases after hearing from farmers and Niwot business owners who say rising labor costs could soon price them out of the county.  Boulder County’s current minimum wage is $16.57 an hour and is scheduled to rise to $25 an hour by 2030. But at a public hearing on Oct. 14, commissioners considered proposals to revise that schedule in response to what staff descr…

Boulder County revisits minimum wage increases

After a coalition of farmers and businesses lobbied for months to ask for a pause on future minimum wage increases, the Boulder County commissioners held a public hearing Tuesday on the topic. Several options are under consideration, including keeping the current wage schedule, temporarily pausing the scheduled wage increase or switching to a lower wage schedule to align with the one adopted by the city of Boulder. The current schedule boosts Bo…