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In 2019, only 1.6 million Americans earned no more than the federal minimum wage—about ~1% of workers, and less than ~2% of those paid by the hour. Less than half worked full time; almost half were aged 16–25; and more than 60% worked in the leisure and hospitality industries, where many workers received tips in addition to their hourly wages.
By a vote of 382 to 37, the House of Representatives approved a revised bill that would increase the minimum wage to $3.80 per hour as of April 1990, and $4.25 per hour as of April 1, 1991. [59] The bill would allow a lower minimum wage for employees who are less than twenty years old. [59]
In 2019, only 1.6 million Americans earned no more than the federal minimum wage—about ~1% of workers, and less than ~2% of those paid by the hour. Less than half worked full time; almost half were aged 16–25; and more than 60% worked in the leisure and hospitality industries, where many workers received tips in addition to their hourly wages.
The Labor Department found in July about 700 employers held certificates to pay about 38,000 workers less than the minimum wage. ... About half the workers paid under the certificates earned $3.50 ...
Workers in the Los Angeles, San Jose and San Diego metro areas who had been paid below minimum wage lost on average about 20% of the money they were owed, or as much as $4,000 a year, the study found.
Now, the push to pay individuals with a disability at least minimum wage is a civil rights issue, said Jan Dougherty, co-president of the Ohio Association of People Supporting Employment First (APSE).
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] According to the Economic Policy Institute, the minimum wage in the United States would have been $18.28 in 2013 if the minimum wage kept pace with labor productivity. [139]
Massachusetts boosted its minimum wage to $15 at the beginning of 2021 as well as a paid family and medical leave program for minimum wage employees. Looking ahead: Tipped workers will make $6.75 ...