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Almost noone in the US makes the federal minimum wage. You should look at local median wages if you want a relevant comparison.
by astrange 2y ago
Almost noone in the US makes the federal minimum wage. You should look at local median wages if you want a relevant comparison.
- reaperducer 2y agoYou should look at local median wages if you want a relevant comparison. I wasn't making a comparison. I was just providing information.
- rtkwe 2y agoIt's about 1.3% of hourly waged workers who are at or below the minumum wage according to the BLS. That number is probably propped up though by the fact that only ~20 states have a minimum wage equal to the federal minimum and most of those are lower population states. After Texas the next largest state with a 7.25 minimum is Pennsylvania then Georgia. https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/minimum-wage/2022/home.htm#:~:text=Together%2C%20these%201.0%20million%20workers,workers%2C%20little%20changed%20from%202021 https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/minimum-wage/2022/home.htm#.... https://www.ncsl.org/labor-and-employment/state-minimum-wages https://www.ncsl.org/labor-and-employment/state-minimum-wage...