SALEM, Ore. — Oregon workers are getting a bump in the minimum wage but will also pay a new transit tax.
Workers in the Portland area on Sunday saw the minimum wage jump to $12 per hour, or a 75-cent increase. Some rural parts of the state saw increases to $10.50 and $10.75.
The Legislature in 2016 approved increases in the minimum wage until 2022, when the wage will be tied to inflation.
Oregon workers will now pay a transit tax. The tax is .001 percent, and employers will withhold the tax from workers’ wages.
