Alaska’s minimum wage will go up by a $1 an hour, to $8.75 an hour, starting Feb. 24.
Since the constitution calls for ballot measures to take effect 90 days after the election results are certified, the effective date in this case will be in February.
The state labor department says the next scheduled increase in the minimum wage, to $9.75 an hour, will take effect Jan. 1, 2016.
