Ohio's minimum wage is set to increase on Jan. 1, 2025 from $10.45 to $10.70 per hour for non-tipped employees, according to the Ohio Department of Commerce. Tipped employees will be starting at $5.35 per hour, up from the 2024 rate of $5.25. These rates apply to employees at businesses with annual gross receipts higher than $394,000 per year.

A new report by the National Employment Law Project tallies minimum wage changes and the new protections that workers stand to benefit from in the new year. By the end of 2025, workers across 23 states and 65 cities and counties will see their wages increase noticeably.

Twenty-one states and 48 cities and counties are set to raise their minimum wages on Jan. 1, according to a report provided exclusively to USA TODAY.

Starting January 1, 2025, minimum wage will increase from $10.33 to $10.56. Then another increase is scheduled fewer than two months later to $12.48. That's a 20% increase by February 21, 2025. The new rates were released following a recent Michigan Supreme Court ruling regarding the Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage.

Twenty-one states and 48 cities and counties are set to raise their minimum wages on Jan. 1, according to a report provided exclusively to USA TODAY.

Americans in roughly 20 states can expect the minimum wage to increase in 2025, and analysts say it could have major impact on the labor market and consumers. The states voted to increase wage requirements to fight inflation as workers' salaries didn't reflect the current cost of living.