In 2009, it increased to $7.25 per hour and remained at this level for more than 12 years. In the past two years, 27 states and a number of cities passed legislation raising the minimum wage in those ...

THE federal government announced on Friday that it is increasing the federal minimum wage to $17.75 per hour on April 1, 2025—a 2.4% increase. This increase will ensure salaries for workers ...

Rep. David Morales, D-Providence, said he is disappointed in all the restaurant owners, lobbyists and trade groups that came ...

In recent years, Congress has repeatedly blocked efforts to raise the federal minimum wage. In 2019, the House passed a bill raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. In 2021, this same wage was ...

Target inflation is 2%, and under this scenario, a federal minimum wage of $15 in 2025 is the same as about $13.86 in 2021. "I think that under all current forecasts of how inflation is going to ...

A $15 minimum wage is less of a concern in 2021 than it was in 2011 because most national companies have already raised workers' wages, either voluntarily or due to state or local legislation.

A survey from CNBC found that a majority of small businesses can absorb the rise in labor costs resulting from increases in state and local minimum wages in January 2021. 19 A growing number of ...

Almost one-third of those households have an annual family income below $35,000. If the federal minimum wage were raised, children in every state would see an increase in their household’s income.

Which US states will not see an increase to the minimum wage? Many of the southern states will not see a pay rise at all - the federal minimum remains in place in: Iowa, Idaho, Indiana ...