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There are also 32 states that have state prevailing wage laws, also known as "little Davis–Bacon Acts". The rules and regulations vary from state to state. As of 2016, the prevailing wage requirement, codified in the Davis–Bacon Act, increases the cost of federal construction projects by an average of $1.4 billion per year. [3]: 1
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.
Sen. James J. Davis (R-PA) and Rep. Robert L. Bacon (R–NY-1), the co-sponsors of the Davis–Bacon Act. The Davis–Bacon Act of 1931 is a United States federal law that establishes the requirement for paying the local prevailing wages on public works projects for laborers and mechanics.
California will have the highest minimum wage rate for any state at $15.50, up from $15 in 2022. It raised its minimum wage to $14 in 2021 from $13, the result of a law mandating incremental ...
The highest state minimum wage in 2024 will be Washington state, at $16.28, up from $15.74. ... At that level it will have the highest standard minimum wage rate in the country among states ...
Delaware adopts the federal minimum wage rate “by reference if the federal rate is greater than the State rate.” Florida Basic Minimum Rate per hour: $11.00
The first table contains a list of U.S. states and territories by annual median income. The second table contains a list of U.S. states and territories by annual mean wage. Information from an unknown source; 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]
Minimum wage earners in half of the states across the U.S. will be getting a boost in 2024. Increases in the minimum wage will go into effect on Jan. 1 in 22 states, with three others rolling out...