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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.
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 strike was called in response to the low pay of West Virginia teachers, whose compensation ranks 48th in the United States. [5] [6] The strike also responded to a pay raise passed by the legislature and signed by Governor Jim Justice that provided only a 2% raise for 2019, and 1% raise for 2020 and a 1% raise for 2021 and a freeze on premiums for 16 months to benefits.
Jan. 3—MORGANTOWN — West Virginia ranks 40th nationwide for median annual pay for registered nurses, according to a report in Becker's Hospital Review. We asked WVU Medicine and Mon Health was ...
West Virginia coach Neal Brown has signed a one-year contract extension that includes a $400,000 pay cut over the next three seasons. Brown will be paid $4 million in each of the next two seasons ...
This is a list of U.S. states, territories, and Washington, D.C. by income.Data is given according to the 2023 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-Year Estimates, except for the American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands, for which the data comes from 2010, as ACS does not operate in these areas.
In 2002, West Virginia had a per capita market income of $17,856, compared with $26,420 nationwide. In 2000, West Virginia had a poverty rate of 17.9%, compared to 12.4% nationwide. Fifteen counties in West Virginia were designated "distressed," and sixteen counties were designated "at-risk."
(The Center Square) – Twenty-one states across the US are raising the minimum wage in 2025. Pennsylvania Democrats would like to see the commonwealth soon join their ranks. Sen. Art Haywood, D ...