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Santa Fe Minimum Wage To $10.84 In March

  Santa Fe's minimum wage is set to go up by 18 cents an hour starting March 1.

The annual adjustment is based on the latest Consumer Price Index for the western region. It will raise the local wage floor to $10.84, which keeps it among the highest in the nation.

The federal mandatory minimum remains at $7.25. The state minimum wage is $7.50.

Santa Fe adopted its minimum wage ordinance in 2003 and amended it four years later to provide annual adjustments tied to increases in the Consumer Price Index.

Santa Fe Mayor Javier Gonzales says paying workers a living wage amounts to a moral issue and the city must not let workers fall through the cracks as the costs of things like groceries go up.

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