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In fact, the minimum wage in Texas hasn’t changed in over a decade. The minimum wage in Texas, which applies to covered, nonexempt minimum wage workers, is only $7.25 per hour.
Looking ahead: There’s been no movement on Texas’ minimum wage since the federal minimum wage rose to $7.25 in 2009. A proposed bill called for that rate to go up incrementally until it ...
Minimum wage employees in 22 states received a raise to start 2024 — the Lone Star State was not one of them. Here's how we compare Some states are raising minimum wage in 2024.
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.
The earliest minimum wage laws in the United States were state laws focused on women and children. [25] These laws were struck down by the Supreme Court between 1923 and 1937. [25] The first federal minimum wage law, which exempted large parts of the workforce, was enacted in 1938 and set rates that became obsolete during World War II. [25]
In the United States workers generally must be paid no less than the statutory minimum wage.As of July 2009, the federal government mandates a nationwide minimum wage level of $7.25 per hour, while some states and municipalities have set minimum wage levels higher than the federal level, with the highest state minimum wage being $9.47 per hour in Washington as of January 1, 2015. [5]
The federal minimum wage has remained stuck at $7.25 since 2009, the longest period without an increase since the Fair Labor Standards Act first established a minimum wage in 1938.
History of the US federal minimum wage. Lower line is nominal dollars. Top line is inflation-adjusted. [1] [2] The Raise the Wage Act is a proposed United States law that would increase the federal minimum wage to US$17. [3] [4] Versions of the bill have been introduced in each United States Congress since 2017.