New Mexico’s minimum wage will once again be raised by a dollar at the start of the new year on Jan. 1, 2022. The New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions (NMDWS) alerted employers and workers that the minimum wage would go up from $10.50 per hour to $11.50 per hour. The state tipped minimum wage will be set at $2.80 per hour from $2.55 per hour. “The Minimum Wage Act is a responsible and phased approach to increasing pay for New Mexicans,” said NMDWS Acting Secretary Ricky Serna. “NMDWS takes seriously its responsibility to ensure compliance with minimum wage laws through education, technical support and enforcement.” The latest minimum wage increase, the third since 2019, is in accordance with an amendment to the New Mexico Minimum Wage Act that was signed into law by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on April 1, 2019. The law will gradually raise the statewide minimum wage to …