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Like many, she has the state’s minimum wage on her mind. Pennsylvania is one of 13 states with the federal minimum wage of $7.25. Two states have minimum wages below that number, and five don ...
The federal minimum wage applies in states with no state minimum wage or a minimum wage lower than the federal rate (column titled "No state MW or state MW is lower than $7.25."). Some of the state rates below are higher than the rate on the main table above. That is because the main table does not use the rate for cities or regions.
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry is a cabinet-level agency in the Government of Pennsylvania.The agency is charged with the task of overseeing the health and safety of workers, enforcement of the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code, vocational rehabilitation for people with disabilities, and administration of unemployment benefits and Workers' compensation.
The Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) (OEWS) survey is a semi-annual survey of approximately 200,000 non-farm business establishments conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), headquartered in Washington, DC with six regional offices and one office in each state. Until the spring of 2021 it was officially called the ...
Neighboring New Jersey, New York, Maryland, and Delaware will all have minimum wages more than double that of Pennsylvania at or above $15. West Virginia sits at $8.75 and Ohio $10.70.
Pennsylvania CareerLink operates a number of services for the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare. Among these is the EARN program, which is designed to address the needs of welfare recipients in regard to their barriers to employment and employability.
Average wage in the United States was $69,392 in 2020. [1] Median income per person in the U.S. was $42,800 in 2019. [ 2 ] The average is higher than the median because there are a small number of individuals with very high earnings, and a large number of individuals with relatively low earnings.
The general wage increase is TBD after 2024, TBD after 2026 for seasonal wages, and will stop at $5.13 for tipped workers in 2022, and is TBD in 2025. [272] The minimum wage will increase in 2023 by an additional 13¢ in addition to its standard increases in pay rates due to an increase in the Consumer Price Index. [274]