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A 2018 University of Washington study which investigated the effects of Seattle's minimum wage increases (from $9.50 to $11 in 2015 and then to $13 in 2016) found that while the second wage increase caused hourly wages to grow by 3%, it also caused employers to cut employee hours by 6%, yielding an average decrease of $74 earned per month per ...
Most recently, in 2021, the Senate rejected a bid by Democrats to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025 as part of President Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus plan.
Wage growth (or real wage growth) is a rise of wage adjusted for inflations, often expressed in percentage. [1] In macroeconomics , wage growth is one of the main indications to measure economic growth for a long-term since it reflects the consumer's purchasing power in the economy as well as the level of living standards . [ 2 ]
The Government Ethics Reform Act of 1989 provides for an automatic increase in salary each year as a cost of living adjustment that reflects the employment cost index. [2] Since 2010 Congress has annually voted not to accept the increase, keeping it at the same nominal amount since 2009.
In 2009, the national average price for one gallon of gas was $1.73. Today, gas has skyrocketed to $4.65 per gallon. Yet, the minimum wage across both periods has stayed constant at $7.25 per hour.
U.S. job growth rebounded sharply in October and wages recorded their largest annual gain in 9-1/2 years.
As a reference point, the US minimum wage since 2009 has been $7.25 per hour or $15,080 for the 2080 hours in a typical work year. The minimum wage is approximately 25% over the official U.S. government-designated poverty income level for a single person unit (before taxes) and about 63% of the designated poverty level for a family of four ...
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