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Minimum wage by state by year. In the United States, the minimum wage is set by U.S. labor law and a range of state and local laws. [4] The first federal minimum wage was instituted in the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933, signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, but later found to be unconstitutional. [5]
Basic Minimum Rate (per hour) is $7.25 for employers with ten or more full time employees at any one location or employers with annual gross sales over $100,000 irrespective of number of full time employees. All other employers: Basic Minimum Rate (per hour): $2.00. Unless the employers are subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act, in which case ...
Minimum wage by state by year. In the United States, the minimum wage is set by U.S. labor law and a range of state and local laws. [209] The first federal minimum wage was instituted in the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933, signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, but later found to be unconstitutional. [210]
The federal minimum wage is currently at $7.25, a number that has stayed the same since 2009. But even with no recent changes from the federal government, things appear to be moving in the right ...
Although minimum wage is higher now than it was years ago, it isn't keeping up with the cost of living. Look at how minimum wage has changed over the years.
The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 29 U.S.C. § 203 [1] (FLSA) is a United States labor law that creates the right to a minimum wage, and "time-and-a-half" overtime pay when people work over forty hours a week. [2][3] It also prohibits employment of minors in "oppressive child labor". [4] It applies to employees engaged in interstate commerce ...
Half the States Bumped Their Minimum Wages in 2022. According to the Economic Policy Institute, workers in 21 states got a raise on New Year’s Day in 2022. Minimum wage increases ranged from $0. ...
As of July 24, 2009, U.S. federal law requires a minimum wage of at least $7.25 per hour. [137] In 2011 5.2% of all hourly-paid workers age 16 or over earned an hourly wage at or below the federal minimum wage. [138]