automatic adjustments as the economy recovers .
many workers around the country wo n't be as lucky as residents of washington state , which is raising its minimum wage tuesday by 15 cents an hour even though it already has the highest state baseline in the country .
rhode island is hiking its minimum wage from that $ 7.40 to $ 7.75 .
of the 10 states that will increase the minimum wage tuesday , nine did so automatically to adjust for inflation .
he said the model _ which washington state minimum wage in 10 states will increase by anywhere from a dime to 35 cents .
in rhode island , it took a state law to raise the minimum wage for the first time in five years .
rhode island lawmakers approved that state 's wage increase in the past year .
it 's not much , but it 's something , " said olson , 16 , who works at wagner 's european bakery and cafe in olympia . "
minimum - wage workers in idaho will make nearly $ 2 an hour less in 2013 than their counterparts living just one state to the west .