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It's a Job Creator that helps hard-working families.

State minimum wage laws are the norm.
21 states have higher minimum wages than the federal government.
Ten sLuLes Index LIeIr mInImum wuge Lo LIe Consumer PrIce ndex.
! ArIzonu, CoIorudo, MonLunu, Nevudu, IorIdu, MIssourI, OIIo, Oregon, VermonL und
WusIIngLon
Ive sLuLes Iuve LIe mInImum wuge In LIeIr consLILuLIons.
! CoIorudo, Nevudu, IorIdu, New Jersey, und OIIo



What is the impact on low-wage employers?
SunLu e Ius one oI LIe IIgIesL wuges In LIe counLry und conLInues Lo udd IeIsure und IospILuIILy jobs.
AIbuquerque udded 1,zoo sucI jobs In LIe pusL yeur. TIere Is no evIdence LIuL mInImum wuge Increuses
Ieud Lo job IIIgIL.
CoIorudo und ArIzonu Iuve IIgIer mInImum wuges, buL LIeIr compunIes Iuve cerLuInIy noL reIocuLed Lo
New MexIco. And one oI LIe mosL compreIensIve mInImum wuge sLudIes sIows LIuL mInImum wuge
Increuses do noL resuIL In job IIIgIL Lo neIgIborIng counLIes or sLuLes wILI Iower wuges, so LIere Is no
evIdence Lo suggesL LIuL busInesses wouId reIocuLe Lo Texus or eIsewIere.
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What does the New Mexico Minimum Wage Constitutional Amendment do?

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A sLudy by LIe EconomIc PoIIcy nsLILuLe und New MexIco VoIces Ior CIIIdren suys LIuL ruIsIng New
MexIco's mInImum wuge wIII beneIIL q1,1oo New MexIcuns, IncreusIng LIe sLuLe's GDP by $1
mIIIIon und creuLIng zqo jobs.
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DO reporLs LIuL 8z% oI LIese workers ure uduILs.
1% ure over LIe uge oI o. z1% Iuve cIIIdren.

How does our tipped provision
compare to what other states do?

ArIzonu, CoIorudo und IIInoIs provIde LIpped
workers u mInImum cusI wuge equuI Lo 6o%
oI LIe reguIur mInImum wuge.

ConnecLIcuL provIdes u cusI wuge oI ;o% oI
LIe reguIur mInImum wuge.

AIusku, CuIIIornIu, MInnesoLu, MonLunu,
Nevudu, Oregon, New York und WusIIngLon
guurunLee LIpped workers LIe sume cusI
wuge LIuL reguIur mInImum wuge empIoyees
receIve.

Do multi-faceted minimum wage
proposals belong on the ballot?

Yes.

ArIzonu und CoIorudo pussed mInImum
wuge buIIoL meusures LIuL IncIuded boLI
reguIur und LIpped wuges, us weII us un
unnuuI CP udjusLmenL.

Nevudu, MonLunu, IorIdu, MIssourI,
Oregon, WusIIngLon, New Jersey, und
OIIo pussed buIIoL meusures LIuL IncIuded
un unnuuI CP udjusLmenL.

I upproved by voLers In November, New MexIco's zooq mInImum wuge oI $;.o wouId be udjusLed Lo
uccounL Ior LIe rIsIng cosL oI IIvIng sInce LIen, so LIe mInImum wuge In zo1 wouId Iuve LIe sume
buyIng-power IL Iud In zooq.
TIe IIrsL udjusLmenL, In JuIy, zo1, wouId be Lo upproxImuLeIy $8.o (dependIng on Iow mucI LIe
Consumer PrIce ndex rIses In zo1q.) TIe wuge wouId conLInue Lo udjusL unnuuIIy. TIpped workers
wouId receIve u cusI wuge equIvuIenL oI 6o% oI LIe reguIur mInImum.