Discover what the minimum wage was the year you were born and how much that paycheck would be worth today after decades of ...

Two states, Washington, D.C., and 14 localities increased their own minimum wage on July 1, lifting wages for 361,000 workers ...

This matters because the federal minimum wage has been held at $7.25 per hour for 17 years.

The federal minimum wage has not increased from $7.25 per hour since 2009. On the campaign trail, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris has said that needs to change. While some states and ...

Many business owners are welcoming the minimum wage increases that took effect on July 1, 2026, viewing fair wages as a powerful tool for employee retention and local economic growth. Advocacy groups ...

This July marks 15 years since the federal minimum wage was last increased. Given the federal wage floor is not indexed to inflation, nor any other measure such as productivity growth, it’s been stuck ...

In California, where the minimum wage is approaching $17 per hour, large fast-food employers must pay $20 per hour. Beginning ...

Representatives in Congress are starting a new push to raise the federal minimum wage to $25 an hour. A group of Democratic representatives, including Reps. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.) and Analilia Mejia ...

At just 18 and with several jobs under his belt, Mason Byrd has already learned a truth about the lower end of the wage scale ...