In 2025, the landscape of minimum wage in the United States reveals stark contrasts. While some states boast high wages, ...

In July, several states, counties, and cities in the United States will raise their minimum wages, providing pay increases for hundreds of thousands of workers. These wage hikes come at a time of high ...

In the United States, the minimum wage landscape is a complex mosaic where federal, state and local laws intertwine to ...

In the United States, the minimum wage is designed to protect workers, but did you know that there are specific exceptions ...

Ken Rose, a restaurateur and chef in Sandy, Utah, said that though he has always paid his employees above his state’s minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, in the past few years, he’s had to bump ...

The county now has the highest starting minimum wage for its employees of any local government in Pennsylvania.

Orlando had the closest minimum wage to cost of living ratio, according to SmartAsset. The Florida city’s minimum wage of $11 was adjusted to just $10.98 because of its 0.2% cost of living.

The Beginning of Federal Minimum Wage. The first state-level minimum wage law was passed by Massachusetts in 1912. Soon, other states followed suit over the next two decades. But the state laws ...

The federal minimum wage has remained stuck at $7.25 since 2009, the longest period without an increase since the Fair Labor Standards Act first established a minimum wage in 1938.

Los Angeles (CNN) — Ken Rose, a restaurateur and chef in Sandy, Utah, said that though he has always paid his employees above his state’s minimum wage of $7.25 an hour, in the past few years ...

The first state-level minimum wage law was passed by Massachusetts in 1912. Soon, other states followed suit over the next two decades. But the state laws were reversed by the Supreme Court in a ...