When the first paychecks of the year are issued, minimum wage workers in Oregon will see an increase in pay. And workers who make slightly more probably will see a bump, too. Oregon’s minimum wage went up 15 cents an hour to $8.95 on New Year’s Day. The increase will total $312 a year for a full-time minimum wage worker. Measure 25, approved by voters in 2002, ties the state’s minimum wage to inflation. A full-time minimum wage worker will earn $18,616 this year. The federal poverty level for a family of three is $19,090. Oregon continues to have the …