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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 Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the United States Department of Labor is the federal office responsible for enforcing federal labor laws. The Division was formed with the enactment of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938. [ 1 ]
For tipped employees who earn more than $30 in tips, the tip credit is 50% of the applicable minimum wage, or $5.40 per hour, and the minimum cash wage is $5.40 per hour. Sean Pavone / iStock.com ...
San Francisco became the first major city in the U.S. to reach a minimum wage of $15.00 per hour on July 1, 2018. [57] New York City's minimum wage will be $15.00 per hour by the end of 2018. [58] The minimum wage in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., will be $15.00 per hour in 2020.
Mar. 28—WILKES-BARRE — State Rep. Mike Carroll this week said every state surrounding Pennsylvania has raised their minimum wage above the federal wage. And as nearly every employer now offers ...
A New York Times analysis of the effective national minimum wage — an average across all federal, state and local minimum wage laws — found a rate of $11.80 an hour in 2019. According to the ...
In United States government contracting, a prevailing wage is defined as the hourly wage, usual benefits and overtime, paid to the majority of workers, laborers, and mechanics within a particular area. This is usually the union wage.
Yet, the minimum wage across both periods has stayed constant at $7.25 per hour. At the rate we’re going, a gallon of milk could well require an hour of work. This has vast consequences — for ...