Merry Christmas, You're Fired

Fourteen states will be raising their minimum wages with the arrival of 2016, according to an analysis of state laws by Yannet Lathrop of the National Employment Law Project. The raises will range from a nickel an hour in South Dakota to a full dollar in California and Massachusetts. The latter states will be the first in the nation with a $10 wage floor.

No doubt some low-productivity workers will lose their jobs becasue of the higher minimum wage rates.

• Alaska: $8.75 to $9.75
• Arkansas: $7.50 to $8.00
• California: $9.00 to $10.00
• Colorado: $8.23 to $8.31
• Connecticut: $9.15 to $9.60
• Hawaii: $7.75 to $8.50
• Massachusetts: $9.00 to $10.00
• Michigan: $8.15 to $8.50
• Nebraska: $8.00 to $9.00
• New York: $8.75 to $9.00*
• Rhode Island: $9.00 to $9.60
• South Dakota: $8.50 to $8.55
• Vermont: $9.15 to $9.60
• West Virginia: $8.00 to $8.75*

(Date via HuffPo)