The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 since 2009, not even close to the buying power it once brought workers — ...

The negotiations at the state Capitol were ongoing Wednesday, nine days before a Michigan Supreme Court-ordered minimum wage ...

Data: U.S. Department of Labor and Ohio Department of Commerce; Chart ... the state minimum wage increases by the rate of inflation — this time from $10.45 per hour to $10.70 for non-tipped ...

The federal minimum ... wage that supports a basic standard of living without food and housing insecurity would be between $20 and $26 or more per hour depending on the state. Additionally, it would ...

In all, 21 states will raise their wage ... per hour. The last federal minimum wage hike took place in 2009, when Congress raised the pay floor to its current level. When adjusted for inflation ...

"It [minimum wage] does keep up with this average general measure of inflation, but if you spend ... make about $12 to $14 per hour.

File photo/Maggie Fogarty Activists stand outside a House Labor Committee hearing in 2019, where testimony was delivered regarding raising the minimum wage. Six years later ... was about $58,000 ...

Meanwhile, the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour hasn't budged since 2009, and it remains the law in 20 states. Since then time, that base rate has lost 30% of its purchasing power due to ...