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Effective January 1, 2009, the Florida minimum wage will increase 42 cents from $6.79 to $7.21 per hour.

The increase, announced on October 15, 2008 by the state Agency for Workforce Innovation, is based on the cost of living in the Sunshine State.

Many Florida employers will also be affected by the federal minimum wage increase to $7.25 per hour on July 24, 2009.

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The Colorado minimum wage will increase by 26 cents, from $7.02 to $7.28 per hour, effective January 1, 2009. The minimum wage for tipped employees in the state will also increase by 26 cents, from $4.00 to $4.26 per hour.

Under Article XVIII, Section 15 of the Colorado Constitution, as amended in 2006, the Colorado minimum wage is adjusted annual for inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for Colorado. That law also increased the Colorado minimum wage to $6.85 per hour in 2007, and capped the tax credit employers can take for tipped workers at $3.02 per hour.

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