Flagstaff Announces Minimum Wage Increase

FLAGSTAFF, AZ - OCTOBER 24, 2017: Welcome sign on the outskirts of Flagstaff, Arizona

Dolla bill! Dolla bill! Dolla bills y’all!!! Well, let’s get some perspective. Flagstaff announces minimum wage increase so, dolla bill y’all.

So, seems the City of Flagstaff is set to announce the new 2023 minimum wage Tuesday following the release of the August consumer price index numbers by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Flagstaff Announces Minimum Wage Increase

Flagstaff currently has one of the highest minimum wage rates in the state at $15.50 per hour – that’s more than $3 higher than the state minimum. Flagstaff’s tipped minimum wage is currently $13.00 per hour.

Beginning on January 1, 2023 Flagstaff’s minimum wage will be $16.80 per hour and the tipped minimum wage will be $14.80 per hour.

Effective each year on January 1, the hourly minimum wage will be adjusted according to the multi-year table shown.

The increase also marks the start of a years-long process of continuing to adjust the minimum wage in the years to come. The new wages will be determined by the state’s current minimum wage as well as the Consumer Price Index, a measurement from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics that tracks the average change in the amount consumers pay for a “basket of goods and services.”

The city’s overall initiative to raise the minimum wage for workers first began when voters passed Proposition 414, or The Minimum Wage Act, in 2016. The act outlined a gradual process to increase the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2021 and then in 2023, ensure future increases coincide with the broader changes in the economy.

Based on the city’s wage adjustment plan, the wages for both hourly and tipped workers are expected to reach the same amount by 2026.

All Flagstaff workers who work or are expected to work at least 25 hours within a calendar year are covered by this legislation and will experience these increases.