The D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute estimates that more than 64,000 people who work in the District make less than $11.50 per hour and are directly impacted by the legislation. This will put the city’s minimum wage among the highest in the country.
There is also a push to launch a ballot initiative to raise the city’s minimum wage to $15.
As of January 2015, the living wage for D.C. contractors is $13.80 per hour.

