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Wisconsin's minimum wage hasn't increased since 2009, when the federal minimum wage was also set at $7.25. In 2006, the minimum wage for non-agricultural employment was $6.50 for adults and $5.90 ...
The federal minimum wage has remained stuck at $7.25 since 2009, the longest period without an increase since the Fair Labor Standards Act first established a minimum wage in 1938.
Meanwhile, the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour hasn't budged since 2009, and it remains the law in 20 states. ... thanks to a ballot measure passed by voters.Montana's minimum is due to ...
History of the US federal minimum wage. Lower line is nominal dollars. Top line is inflation-adjusted. [1] [2] The Raise the Wage Act is a proposed United States law that would increase the federal minimum wage to US$17. [3] [4] Versions of the bill have been introduced in each United States Congress since 2017.
It increased the territorial minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.50 per hour (or higher) by July 1, 2024, and created the Minimum Wage Review Commission within the Puerto Rico Department of Labor and Human Resources which was to review and increase the minimum wage yearly via decrees. If by July 1, 2024, the Minimum Wage Review Commission decides ...
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 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 ...
Looking ahead: New Hampshire’s minimum wage hasn’t changed since 2009, when the federal minimum wage hit $7.25. In 2020, Gov. Chris Sununu vetoed a bill that would have raised the minimum wage ...