Ohio Democratic Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Raise Minimum Wage to $15 per Hour by 2029

Ohio Democratic lawmakers introduce bill to raise minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2029

Ohio’s minimum wage is $10.70 per hour for non-tipped employees and $5.35 per hour for tipped employees. The federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour.

Ohio Senate Democrats introduce bill to raise minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2029

The Ohio Statehouse. (Photo by David DeWitt, Ohio Capital Journal.)A pair of Ohio Democratic state Senators are once again trying to raise Ohio’s minimum wage to $15 per hour.   Ohio State Sen. Kent Smith, D-Euclid, and Ohio Sen. Hearcel Craig, D-Columbus, introduced Senate Bill 234 last month, which would raise the minimum wage by a dollar per hour each year until reaching $15 per hour in 2029.  GET THE MORNING HEADLINES. SUBSCRIBE Ohio’s min…