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Could you please provide a source for those hard numbers?

• pseudalopex 5y ago
  247,000 people reported making federal minimum wage in 2020 according to BLS data.[1] It's a little less than 1/6% of 161 million. This excludes 865,000 who reported making less. And a probably much larger number making local minimum wages. And any self employed or salaried workers who make minimum wage or less effectively. And anyone making the slightest amount more. [1] https://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat44.htm https://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat44.htm
  • shkkmo 5y ago
    Even those numbers are highly misleading since half the states in the US (containing a strong majority of the population) have minimum wages that are higher than the federal minimum wage.
  • gruez 5y ago
    But if they're making below minimum wage, why should we expect a change in minimum wage policy to help these people? Clearly their employers aren't interested in following minimum wage laws.
    • pseudalopex 5y ago
      The page suggested some people rounded to the nearest dollar. Maybe some adjusted for unpaid overtime.