• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    1 month ago

    The minimum wage has been raised twice since 1997, for a total of $2.10. The last increase was in 2009. It now stands at $7.25 an hour.

    30 states have established their own Minimum Wage higher than the Federal minimum, but 20 states remain at the Federal minimum, all Red states, of course:

    • Alabama (No state law)
    • Georgia
    • Idaho
    • Indiana
    • Iowa
    • Kansas
    • Kentucky
    • Louisiana (No state law)
    • Mississippi (No state law)
    • New Hampshire
    • North Carolina
    • North Dakota
    • Oklahoma
    • Pennsylvania
    • South Carolina (No state law)
    • Tennessee (No state law)
    • Texas
    • Utah
    • Wisconsin
    • Wyoming