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Arizona's minimum wage for 2025 reflects a cost of living boost of 2.4%. It rises on Jan. 1, 2025, to $14.70 an hour compared with $14.35 in 2024.

Despite recent layoff announcements, economists say Arizona is headed for a sound 2025, but they caution: Trump's policies could alter the outlook.

Business owners claimed that a minimum wage increase would kill jobs and hurt workers. But Arizona voters were smart enough to reject that lie.

Arizona could be headed for another year of solid employment growth despite several recent high-profile layoff announcements. But some economists caution that tariff and mass-deportation proposals ...