When the minimum wage does not go up, it goes down in buying power. The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 per hour since July 24, 2009. For full-time workers that amounts to $15,080 if you ...
The federal minimum wage has not been raised since July 2009. Since then, overall hourly wages have risen more than 25%, and inflation has risen by nearly 20%. Wages of minimum-wage workers have ...