i'll use NY as an example as it's the only i'm most familiar with. it was tiered in 4 categories with different pay scales ranging from 2016 to 2021. the max value was $15 and hit differently every year:
NYC w/11+ employees - went up $2 every year for 3 years to be $15. NYC w/10 or less - went up $1.50 every year for 4 years to be $15. Long Island and Westchester - went up $1 every year for 5 years to be $15. rest of NY - went up $0.70 cents every year and will continue to do so until it reaches $15.
when broken down like this, i think it works really well. but the messaging of $15 min wage is pretty bad since this sort of breakdown isn't what anybody normally thinks of first.
edit: and i think the concern of it doubling somebody's pay is remedied in the last situation, where it'll go from $9.70 to $15 over 8 years in steady increments.
Now see, this all seems a lot more reasonable to me. But I don't think this sort of system should be considered at all on a federal level until we havea more stable economy.
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