How much the US minimum wage — and what it can get you — has changed since the year you were born

REUTERS/Noah Berger Today, the federal minimum wage is $7.25, the same rate it's been since it was last raised in.....»»

Find the value of the minimum wage in the year you were born......»»

Find the value of the minimum wage in the year you were born......»»

Three initiative campaigns say they are on track to submit signatures that would put measures to legalize abortion and sports wagering, and to increase the minimum wage, on Missouri’s ballot this year. Campaign finance reports filed this week show m.....»»

Unpaid care work at just a minimum wage would amount to 9% of global GDP, BofA finds, projecting 269 million new jobs from th.....»»

By raising the minimum wage to $15 per hour, we could lower dependency on safety net programs, saving the country $65.....»»

The increased wages would funnel between $7 billion and $13.9 billion a year towards Social Security and Medicare, according to a new report......»»

The pay bump would give raises to over 20 million workers - and could provide relief for public safety net programs. President-.....»»

After a two-year battle with cancer, Rocky Mount-born businessman Kel Landis III died on Saturday. Described by friends and colleagues as a man who forever changed banking in North Carolina, Landis's business accomplishments included his ten.....»»

Twenty states rang in the New Year by upping hourly workers' pay - and the number of overall jurisdictions boosting minimum wage is record-breaking. A group of BLM demonstrators protest about $15 minimum wage in Lower Manhatt.....»»

The new year brings another round of increases nearly a decade after workers started campaigning for higher pay: on January 1, 2021, 20 states and 32 cities and counties will raise their minimum wage......»»

Wells Fargo & Co. said it will increase its minimum wage in most of its U.S. markets by the end of the year, with Philadelphia workers seeing a bump from $15 an hour to $18, according to a local spokesman. San Francisco-based Wells Fargo (NYSE: WF.....»»

An unprecedented number of state (and local) governments have increased their minimum wage this year......»»

See how the price of gold has changed over a century, and how gold has impacted society along the way......»»

See how the price of gold has changed over a century, and how gold has impacted society along the way......»»

The number of people who died last year in New York City Fire Commissioner Daniel Nigro said Wednesday that firefighters are responding more quickly to free New Yorkers trapped by fire. The city... To view the full story, click the title link......»»

Good news for workers who may have been overspending this holiday season for the new year with a planned increase to minimum wages across the state. The minimum wage in Massachusetts will soon be increased to $12.75, up $0.75 from 2019 as part of an .....»»

Twenty-four states and 48 cities and counties will raise their minimum wages in 2020. The movement toward $15 an hour is building......»»

Most of the cities with the biggest raises this year are in California......»»

Bank of America is raising its minimum wage for hourly employees to $20 by the end of March 2020 — a year earlier than scheduled. The boost will bring Bank of America's minimum wage up from $17 an hour. Bank of America announced the minimum wage inc.....»»