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Arizona minimum wage set for another boost in January as inflation rises

Dan Piacquadio, left, owner of Harold’s Cave Creek Corral, waits to talk with chef and kitchen manager Lucio Osorno as he works in the kitchen Oct. 3, 2024, in Cave Creek. Arizona workers earning the state's minimum wage will see their pay rise again come January. (Associated Press/Ross D. Franklin)

Dan Piacquadio, left, owner of Harold’s Cave Creek Corral, waits to talk with chef and kitchen manager Lucio Osorno as he works in the kitchen Oct. 3, 2024, in Cave Creek. Arizona workers earning the state's minimum wage will see their pay rise again come January. (Associated Press/Ross D. Franklin)

Ross D. Franklin

PHOENIX — Workers at the bottom of the pay scale in Arizona are going to get a bump in pay in January.

New figures Friday from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show that consumer prices rose 0.4% in August. That puts the annual change at 3.4%.

What makes that significant is that a 2006 voter-approved law requires the state minimum wage to increase each year based on those August-over-August figures. That translates out to 51.5 cents on the current $15.15 minimum.

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