In the start of 2016, Michigan’s minimum wage was raised to $8.50 an hour, almost one dollar more than it was in 2014, according to the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs.

This puts the state at $1.25 more than the federal minimum, which is $7.25.

According to the Michigan Chamber of Commerce, in the last two years, the state’s minimum wage has changed four times with no signs of slowing down.

This is possible due to Senate Bill 934, which was signed in 2014. This bill was made to increase Michigan’s minimum wage over the next four years.

Michigan’s minimum wage is steadily rising, and it is going to keep rising until 2018.

At the start of 2017, the minimum wage is set to raise to $8.90, then move to $9.25 in 2018.

But even with the minimum wage increases, some teens are still making less than their peers.

Senior Mikayla Stevens works at a fast-food restaurant, and she makes $7.50 an hour.

Even though this is below minimum wage, it is legal.

Minimum wage for minors who are 16 or 17 is 85 percent of the minimum wage for adults. Therefore, minors can be paid as low as $7.25 per hour.

When asked about how it feels to make less than her friends, Stevens said it can be frustrating, but she is not too concerned with it since she does not have bills to pay.

But with this new minimum wage, some students did receive a pay raise at the start of the new year.

Junior Jacobi Wright is employed at retail store. He received a pay raise from $8.15 to $8.50, but it did not make much of a difference to him.

“My paychecks did not really change that much,” Wright said. “I did not work that many hours. So it only raised a few dollars.”

But with the pay increases, businesses can find it difficult to keep their doors open.

Some business owners are forced to find more ways to save money. And other businesses may have to cut their payroll. This could become more frustrating to businesses over time.