The government would raise the minimum wage every year or close to it throughout the remainder of the decade and into the early 1980s only to barely break even most years. In 1981, the Reagan ...

This week marked the 15th anniversary of the last increase to the federal minimum wage, as it has remained $7.25 for all covered nonexempt workers since July 24, 2009. The 15-year period is the ...

The federal minimum wage has now been stuck at $7.25 per hour for 15 years. On the campaign trail ... not be included in legislation handled through a one-party majority. During a 2020 debate ...

Some of those wage hikes will continue through 2028 ... the federal level, the minimum wage does not go up automatically and has not increased at all in more than 15 years. According to the ...

Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is the front-runner in the Democratic mayoral primary, announced a plan to increase the city’s ...

the Minimum Wage Rises,” Review & Outlook, Dec. 31). As a former business owner who went through three years of government-mandated wage increases, I can tell them the result: I had to cut back ...

While workers across many jurisdictions have already seen minimum wage increases this year, some Americans are ... states and more than a dozen cities through the end of 2025, according to a ...

However, less than halfway through the year, Bellingham’s minimum wage will increase again. The 2023 ballot measure that established the citywide minimum wage says that, starting May 1 ...

OLYMPIA, Wash - Thousands of Washington workers will get a raise in the new year, as the state's minimum wage rises again. Workers will now make $16.66 an hour, which is a 38-cent-per-hour increase.

According to Invest in Louisiana, Louisiana remains one of five states without a state minimum wage. Additionally, over the last 13 years, the increased cost of living has diminished the ...

Take a look at how minimum wage has morphed through the years. Also see the minimum wage in every state.

A CNBC survey from earlier this year found a majority of small business owners — 61% — support raising their state's minimum wage, though half said such a change could make it difficult to be ...