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The federal minimum has held at $7.25 an hour since 2009, ... Millions of low-wage earners are getting a raise in 2025 as 21 states are slated to hike their minimum pay starting Jan. 1.
Hourly minimum wages increased in 21 states in 2025, mostly due to ongoing efforts to have pay keep up with the rising cost of living. ... The federal minimum wage continues to sit at $7.25 an ...
Nearly half the states in the U.S. are set for minimum wage increases on Jan. 1, ... In 2025, the minimum wage for other workers in the state will be raised to $16.50.
The federal minimum wage was introduced in 1938 at the rate of 25¢ per hour (equivalent to $5.19 in 2022). [77] [5] By 1950 the minimum wage had risen to 75¢ per hour. [82] [5] The purchasing power of the federal minimum wage has fluctuated; it was highest in February 1968, when it was $1.60 per hour.
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 February 2021, the Congressional Budget Office released a report on the Raise the Wage Act of 2021 which estimated that incrementally raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025 would benefit 17 million workers, but would also reduce employment by 1.4 million people.
Meanwhile, the federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 an hour since 2009, with Republicans in Congress repeatedly blocking efforts to raise it. About 30 states with more than 60% of the U.S ...
President Joe Biden and most Democrats have been calling for a drastic increase in the federal minimum wage, to $15 from $7.25. ... An effort to boost the state’s minimum wage to $12 by 2025 ...