Minimum Wage In United State From1968 To 2020

Project Overview

In the United States, states and the federal government set minimum hourly pay (\"minimum wage\") that workers can receive to ensure that citizens experience a minimum quality of life. This dataset provides the minimum wage data set by each state and the federal government from 1968 to 2020.

Problem Statement

The federal minimum wage has stagnated at $7.25 an hour since 2009, For most people, working for minimum wage does not give them a living wage, Many states and cities have a higher minimum wage in place in some cases, more than double but workers still struggle to make ends meet, Proponents of raising the minimum wage maintain that doing so helps incomes keep pace with increasing costs of living and will lift millions out of poverty, Opponents believe that higher wages would force businesses to hire fewer people, slash growth plans, and/or raise their prices, which will hurt the economy

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