The City Council voted Tuesday to raise Chicago’s minimum wage to $13 an hour by 2019. Meanwhile, in Springfield, some lawmakers are looking to take action on a proposal to increase the state ...

California and Washington are two such examples where the minimum wage stands at $14.00 and $13.69, respectively, while D.C. has already brought its minimum hourly rate of pay to $15.00.

May 29, 2015 Infographic: How many minimum wage hours does it take to escape poverty? In U.S., it would take 50 hours of work per week to earn more than 50 percent of the median household income.

View the full infographic (CAP Action). California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) is poised to sign into law a bill to raise the state’s minimum wage from $8 per hour to $10 per hour by 2016.

Washington, D.C. — Today, the Center for American Progress released a new infographic detailing the positive effect that raising the minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $10.10 per hour would ...

The City Council voted Tuesday to raise Chicago’s minimum wage to $13 an hour by 2019. Meanwhile, in Springfield, some lawmakers are looking to take action on a proposal to increase the state ...

History of the Federal Minimum Wage Established by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, the federal minimum wage currently applies to nearly two-thirds of public- and private-sector workers but no… ...

Nearly two dozen states, cities and local municipalities will see some form of a minimum wage increase starting July 1.

The City Council voted Tuesday to raise Chicago’s minimum wage to $13 an hour by 2019. Meanwhile, in Springfield, some lawmakers are looking to take action on a proposal to increase the state ...

If you're working on the minimum wage with a family, is your take-home pay really enough to survive on? According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), a single ...

The new wage is a hefty increase; the state’s minimum wage for all workers is $16 an hour, and in 2022, the average wage for California’s fast food workers was $16.21. Nationally, median pay ...

The City Council voted Tuesday to raise Chicago’s minimum wage to $13 an hour by 2019. Meanwhile, in Springfield, some lawmakers are looking to take action on a proposal to increase the state ...