Workers across the mountains are making more thanks to a higher minimum wage.

As a mother and a wife, Becky Slone says the raise in minimum wage helps her support her family.

"I made about $263. That was after cuts and now that last paycheck, I made about $289. That was with the cuts so I did a little bit better," said Becky Slone.

And that extra cash will help her in several ways starting with her son.

"Right now, he's just going through that time where he wants a lot and needs a lot. It's not as bad as buying formula, but milk is so high," Slone said.

For minimum wage workers like Becky, the increase in paycheck may not seem like much, but it helps out more than you think.

"My car insurance is $276 and I didn't even make enough here to pay my car insurance, so now I make enough to pay my car insurance," Slone said.

Marshall Stidham says he makes $20 to $40 more now than before the increase but he still doesn't have extra.

"Not with the way gas and groceries are. You buy a gallon of milk, that's five bucks, gallon of gas is five dollars. It's going to come down to a gallon of milk or a gallon of gas," Stidham said.

But everyone agrees a raise is better than not getting one at all.

"$26 may not be so much to everybody, but it's a lot to me," Slone said.

Minimum wage will rise again next July from the $6.55 to $7.25.