Starting Jan. 1, thousands of workers will be getting a few cents more per hour, which comes at a time when prices are ...

The federal minimum wage has not increased in over 15 years. The federal and state minimum wages are both $7.25 an hour, ...

Fact checked by Betsy Petrick Key Takeaways The federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. Washington state has the highest state minimum wage, at $16.66 per hour.Four states will raise their minimum ...

For both proponents and opponents of an increase to the minimum wage, Monday’s Congressional Budget Office projection was a mixed bag of outcomes. The proposed Raise the Wage Act would increase the ...

A new round of polling unveiled on Capitol Hill Tuesday showed broad voter support for raising the federal minimum wage to at ...

In the U.S., people cannot legally work for less than the federal minimum wage. However, at a low rate of $7.25 per hour, many believe it’s impossible to make enough to survive and have called on ...

Workers earning minimum wage are getting an income boost in some parts of the U.S., thanks to higher pay rates that went into effect this month. Connecticut, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, D.C., all ...

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

Raising the minimum wage can increase the number of jobs with good benefits and chances for career advancement, according to a new analysis from the National Bureau of Economic Research.

When the minimum wage does not go up, it goes down in buying power. The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 per hour since July 24, 2009. For full-time workers that amounts to $15,080 if you ...