Minimum wage has been the same since 1968

[Seoul Gleou]

And minimum wage itself was made law just 30 years before that. So basically the US government said, "here's your wages, now hold your own nuts" for almost 100 years

HOW IS ANYONE OKAY WITH THIS SHYT?


For reference, minimum wage in Canada is $15 Canadian. Even if you convert it to US, it's STILL 3 dollars higher than minimum wage

 

[Striving For Greatness]

Cert up

 

[Seoul Gleou]

Cert up

i make 5 times minimum wage. even i'm hitting the

i been thought they raised that shyt since i was a kid earning pocket change. jesus christ, how do adults live on that

 

[MR. SNIFLES]

WHO EVEN MAKES MINIMUM WAGE NOW?

 

[OfTheCross]

State Minimum Wages

Currently, 30 states and Washington D.C. have minimum wages above the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.

Five states have not adopted a state minimum wage: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Tennessee. Two states, Georgia and Wyoming, have a minimum wage below $7.25 per hour. In all seven of these states, the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour applies.

 

[jaydawg08]

This what you can tell them dumbass old people who say chit like "back in my day I made $2 an hour!"

No chit Grandpa, it was worth about $10 an hour today

 

[Seoul Gleou]

WHO EVEN MAKES MINIMUM WAGE NOW?

52% of people 25 years old and up

Characteristics of minimum wage workers, 2020

In 2020, 73.3 million workers age 16 and older in the United States were paid at hourly rates, representing 55.5 percent of all wage and salary workers. Among those paid by the hour, 247,000 workers earned exactly the prevailing federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.

www.bls.gov

 

[Wild self]

m
But TLRepublicans told me to man up

 

[OfTheCross]

52% of people 25 years old and up

Characteristics of minimum wage workers, 2020

In 2020, 73.3 million workers age 16 and older in the United States were paid at hourly rates, representing 55.5 percent of all wage and salary workers. Among those paid by the hour, 247,000 workers earned exactly the prevailing federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.

www.bls.gov

Can't count a lot of them cause it depends on the industry. People making tips are definitely making much more than minimum wage

 

[Seoul Gleou]

Can't count a lot of them cause it depends on the industry. People making tips are definitely making much more than minimum wage

Tipping is fukkin retarded. Just pay people what they're worth and include gratuity as part of the meal. Traveling to other countries made me mad as hell that tipping is a thing in America

 

[3rdWorld]

The greatest nation apparently

 

[Kasgoinjail]

How did it decrease?
Not sure if government are trolling

 

[Frolickingmami]

Who tf can live off of 7.25/hr?
That's insane to me

 

[MR. SNIFLES]

52% of people 25 years old and up

Characteristics of minimum wage workers, 2020

In 2020, 73.3 million workers age 16 and older in the United States were paid at hourly rates, representing 55.5 percent of all wage and salary workers. Among those paid by the hour, 247,000 workers earned exactly the prevailing federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.

www.bls.gov

 

[Roger king]

Raising the minimum wage to 15 dollars an hour is one of the policies that can have a direct impact on black people, many who serve low skilled jobs. It means a little more to spend on gas, groceries etc. There is one political party strongly against that and its the republicans.