The stranglehold the Pennsyltucky midlands has on this Commonwealth is a problem.
This graph is kinda misleading because despite the minimum wage being $7.25 virtually nobody is actually making that wage aside from some tipped positions.
Probably more important is “how many people are actually paid only the minimum”…?
11.7% TX
7.8% PA
5.8% GA
5.5% CA
5.1% FL
4.5% NC
3.4% MI
3.3% NY
3.2% OH
3.1% IN
…
0.3% ND
0.3% SD
0.2% DC
0.2% HI
0.2% MT
0.2% VT
0.2% WY
0.1% AK
If they could pay you less, they absolutely would.
The error in the 2nd sentence made it through review?
I can see why people flock to Utah
Michigan’s goes up to $12.48 in about a month, with annual increases to reach $14.97 in 2028.
And Missouri goes up to $15 next year, *and* it’s indexed to inflation after that!
If we took the wealth from the richest 3 in the country that stole the wealth from America we wouldn’t need to worry about minimum wage.
This is definitely one map I’d like to see side by side with Canada or Europe. People always show GDP per capita or stuff like that when comparing US to Europe, bit it would be good to see how the working poor compare. At least from my experience in Toronto is that even though people make a lot less money overall (compared to US dollars) people at the bottom are more productive and better taken care of.
I kinda feel like the market has naturally dealt with the minimum wage issue. There are entry level jobs paying $20/hr in my city. I don’t think I know anyone who is only making minimum wage anymore.
Now look up the average cost of living / housing in each state and compare
I think minimum wage should increase across the board but also that those jobs quit being viewed as permanent. A little self accountability will go a long way in motivating people to up their skills and move upwards to better paying positions.
Alaska is the only state with a 2025 minimum wage increase? …or are you cheekily trying to use Alaska as a “key”?
I own a business in a medium size town in Utah. I can’t find someone to work for me unless I offer $14-$18hr. That is for bottom of the barrel too. If I want to have options to choose from I need to pay $18-$24Hr. So even though Utah is at the minimum wage federally there is absolutely nobody in the state who’s willing to take that.
Why is “indexed to inflation” such a hard concept to implement on the federal level?
At one point I did a bit of digging and found a random fast foot joint in a random town in Alabama just to see what they were paying and it was like $11.25/hr. Ultimately, though, that’s still far behind where a usual inflation increase would put it.
Alaska’s is increasing by another $1.09 in July due to Ballot Measure 1 in the last election.
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The stranglehold the Pennsyltucky midlands has on this Commonwealth is a problem.
This graph is kinda misleading because despite the minimum wage being $7.25 virtually nobody is actually making that wage aside from some tipped positions.
Probably more important is “how many people are actually paid only the minimum”…?
[https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/minimum-wage/2023/](https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/minimum-wage/2023/)
11.7% TX
7.8% PA
5.8% GA
5.5% CA
5.1% FL
4.5% NC
3.4% MI
3.3% NY
3.2% OH
3.1% IN
…
0.3% ND
0.3% SD
0.2% DC
0.2% HI
0.2% MT
0.2% VT
0.2% WY
0.1% AK
If they could pay you less, they absolutely would.
The error in the 2nd sentence made it through review?
I can see why people flock to Utah
Michigan’s goes up to $12.48 in about a month, with annual increases to reach $14.97 in 2028.
And Missouri goes up to $15 next year, *and* it’s indexed to inflation after that!
If we took the wealth from the richest 3 in the country that stole the wealth from America we wouldn’t need to worry about minimum wage.
This is definitely one map I’d like to see side by side with Canada or Europe. People always show GDP per capita or stuff like that when comparing US to Europe, bit it would be good to see how the working poor compare. At least from my experience in Toronto is that even though people make a lot less money overall (compared to US dollars) people at the bottom are more productive and better taken care of.
I kinda feel like the market has naturally dealt with the minimum wage issue. There are entry level jobs paying $20/hr in my city. I don’t think I know anyone who is only making minimum wage anymore.
Now look up the average cost of living / housing in each state and compare
I think minimum wage should increase across the board but also that those jobs quit being viewed as permanent. A little self accountability will go a long way in motivating people to up their skills and move upwards to better paying positions.
Alaska is the only state with a 2025 minimum wage increase? …or are you cheekily trying to use Alaska as a “key”?
I own a business in a medium size town in Utah. I can’t find someone to work for me unless I offer $14-$18hr. That is for bottom of the barrel too. If I want to have options to choose from I need to pay $18-$24Hr. So even though Utah is at the minimum wage federally there is absolutely nobody in the state who’s willing to take that.
Why is “indexed to inflation” such a hard concept to implement on the federal level?
At one point I did a bit of digging and found a random fast foot joint in a random town in Alabama just to see what they were paying and it was like $11.25/hr. Ultimately, though, that’s still far behind where a usual inflation increase would put it.
Alaska’s is increasing by another $1.09 in July due to Ballot Measure 1 in the last election.
Hmm, WA is where the devil’s at.
Kansas still living in the 1930s
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