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The earliest minimum wage laws in the United States were state laws focused on women and children. [27] These laws were struck down by the Supreme Court between 1923 and 1937. [27] The first federal minimum wage law, which exempted large parts of the workforce, was enacted in 1938 and set rates that became obsolete during World War II. [27]
US state minimum wage rates. 2025. [12]State 2025 Alabama $7.25 [note 1] Alaska $11.91 Arizona $14.70 Arkansas $11.00 California $16.50 Colorado $14.81 Connecticut $16.35
For example, 33 states in the United States have higher minimum wages than the federal rate (plus military rates on federal bases) – on top of this an additional 42 city-level subdivisions having different minimum wage rates and 53 countries. [2] In effect, the United States has over 100 different minimum wages across the nation.
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The Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 is the current federal minimum wage law of the United States. It was signed into law on May 25, 2007 [ 134 ] as a rider to the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 .
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The Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007 [3] is a US Act of Congress that amended the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to gradually raise the federal minimum wage from $5.15 per hour to $7.25 per hour. It was signed into law on May 25, 2007 as part of the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations ...
Minimum wage Annual (US$) Annual PPP Length of standard workweek (hours) Hourly (US$) Hourly (Intl$) % of 2011 GDP per capita Effective Afghanistan: The Afghan workweek is actually 40 hours; 45 is used to give a different value for the normalized wage. 780: 2,975. 45 [1] [2] 0.33: 1.27. 153 % 2012 [3]