A sign at a Carl’s Jr. restaurant in Anchorage, Alaska, advertises for workers. The state’s minimum wage increased to $11.91 this month and will rise to $13 in July. (Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) The ...

(The Hill) — Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) wants to double the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour, with legislation filed Tuesday to increase the rate adopted nearly two decades ago. “For decades, working ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Bank of America is raising its starting pay to $20 an hour over a two-year period, starting with a hike next month. The company said it is raising its minimum hourly wage to $17 on ...

The federal minimum wage sits at $7.25 per hour, the same as it's been since 2009. That means a full-time worker earns about $1,276 per month. Meanwhile, the average rent in the U.S. is now $1,148 per ...