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The federal minimum wage applies in states with no state minimum wage or a minimum wage lower than the federal rate (column titled "No state MW or state MW is lower than $7.25."). Some of the state rates below are higher than the rate on the main table above. That is because the main table does not use the rate for cities or regions.
In the United States, minimum wage laws are set at the state and federal level. Although the federal minimum wage has remained at $7.25 since 2009, many states have increased their own minimum wage...
According to the Economic Policy Institute, workers in 21 states got a raise on New Year’s Day in 2022. Minimum wage increases ranged from $0.22 to $1.50 an hour, adding between $458 and $3,120 ...
Tipped workers make the federal tipped minimum wage, $2.13. Looking ahead: Georgia’s minimum wage has flatlined at $5.15 since 2001, though it was effectively raised in 2009, when the federal ...
[76] [77] [81] [82] The real value of the federal minimum wage in 2022 dollars has decreased by 46% since its inflation-adjusted peak in February 1968. The minimum wage would be $13.46 in 2022 dollars if its real value had remained at the 1968 level. [76] [77] See chart to right. From January 1981 to April 1990, the minimum wage was frozen at ...
The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline [1] is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country. [2] The poverty line is usually calculated by estimating the total cost of one year's worth of necessities for the average adult. [ 3 ]
Date: 3 January 2022 - date of first upload. See latest upload date in file history below. Source: Latest maps created with newer template map from User:Cmglee: File:Template map of US states and District of Columbia.svg.
While wages across the board have decreased to a 5.3% wage increase in August 2023, U.S. wage increases are still higher compared to pre-pandemic wage increase of 3.7%. Two Georgia lottery winners ...