Measure on the ballot in the 2024 Missouri General Election in Missouri.
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Get StartedThis measure amends Missouri statutes to increase the state minimum wage beginning January 1, 2025 to $13.75 per hour and increase the hourly rate $1.25, to $15.00 per hour beginning January 2027. Annually the minimum wage will be adjusted based on the Consumer Price Index. The law will require employers with fifteen or more employees to provide one hour of paid sick leave for every thirty hours worked. The amendment will exempt governmental entities, political subdivisions, school districts and education institutions from the minimum wage increase.
A "yes" vote will amend Missouri statutes to increase the state minimum wage beginning January 1, 2025 to $13.75 per hour and increase the hourly rate $1.25, to $15.00 per hour beginning January 2027. Annually the minimum wage will be adjusted based on the Consumer Price Index. The law will require employers with fifteen or more employees to provide one hour of paid sick leave for every thirty hours worked. The amendment will exempt governmental entities, political subdivisions, school districts and education institutions from the minimum wage increase.
A "no" vote will not amend Missouri law to make changes to the state minimum wage law.
"If this were a federal increase, it'd be something we could all live with, because it's a state-level increase that makes Missouri businesses less competitive with those in other states." - Ray McCarty, President and CEO of Associated Industries of Missouri, in opposition to Proposition A (Learn more)
"Many Missouri businesses already offer competitive wages and sick leave. Expanding these benefits to workers across the state would strengthen our communities by ensuring that hardworking Missourians and their families are better able to make ends meet, contribute to their local economies, and keep their families, coworkers, customers, and clients safe and healthy." - Missouri Budget Project, in support of Proposition A (Learn more)
Do you want to amend Missouri law to: increase minimum wage January 1, 2025 to $13.75 per hour, increasing $1.25 per hour each year until 2026, when the minimum wage would be $15.00 per hour; adjust minimum wage based on changes in the Consumer Price Index each January beginning in 2027; require all employers to provide one hour of paid sick leave for every thirty hours worked; allow the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to provide oversight and enforcement; and exempt governmental entities, political subdivisions, school districts and education institutions? State governmental entities estimate one-time costs ranging from $0 to $53,000, and ongoing costs ranging from $0 to at least $256,000 per year by 2027. State and local government tax revenue could change by an unknown annual amount depending on business decisions.
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