PITTSBURGH, Pa. (Erie News Now) — UPMC is increasing its minimum starting wages for entry-level positions to $18 per hour.

It will go into effect by January 2025 at UPMC‘s Pittsburgh hospitals and Harrisburg and Williamsport-area hospitals outpatient clinics, ambulatory centers and other facilities and sites.

Minimum starting wages for entry-level positions at UPMC sites in southwest Pennsylvania, western Pennsylvania, western Maryland and southwest New York will go up by January 2026.?

Wages and benefits for UPMC employees represented by unions will be negotiated by their respective unions.

UPMC has nearly 95,000 employees across all of its facilities.