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Minimum Wage Data Points
Minimum Wage Data Points
Federal minimum wage:
$5.15
One year's full-time salary at minimum wage:
$10,712
Percent that the minimum wage's real-dollar buying power has declined since 1979:
26
Amount minimum wage would have to be to match 1968 real-dollar levels:
$8.70
Number of minimum wage increases since 1997:
0
Number of Congressional pay increases since 1997:
7
Number of workers who would benefit from a minimum wage increase:
7,300,000
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