Plan would raise minimum wage for half of D.C. region to $11.50 by 2016

By Aaron C. Davis
 

The minimum wage for nearly half the Washington region would jump 40 to 60 percent over the next three years under a rare effort announced Wednesday by D.C. and Maryland officials to work together to pass similar, if not identical, minimum wage increases by the end of the year.

If the triad of legislative efforts succeeds, it would ensure an hourly salary of $11.50 in the District and Montgomery and Prince George’s counties by 2016.

Lawmakers who unveiled the coordinated plan said it would begin to bridge a growing economic gap in the region, which has the nation’s highest median income, at $88,000, even as nearly one in five District residents live at or below the poverty line and the number of poor residents in suburban counties is on the rise.

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