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an amount of money that is the least amount of money per hour that workers must be paid according to the law
Congress will vote on a bill to raise the minimum wage.
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Recent Examples of minimum wage
The Michigan compromise boosts tip earners’ base pay to $4.74 an hour from $4.01 previously, rising to 50% of the state’s standard minimum wage by 2031.
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Maya Huter, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2025
The states that already guarantee tipped workers the full minimum wage have enjoyed both better pay for wait staff and strong restaurant job growth.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
The debate is picking up steam as the Fast Food Council, an entity created to oversee pay and working conditions, ponders a new effort by unions to boost the minimum wage even higher.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2025
But teachers' unions say starting salaries were barely more than the minimum wage or unemployment stipends, and are hoping for more increases.
—arkansasonline.com, 13 Feb. 2025
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Maya Huter, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2025
The states that already guarantee tipped workers the full minimum wage have enjoyed both better pay for wait staff and strong restaurant job growth.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
The debate is picking up steam as the Fast Food Council, an entity created to oversee pay and working conditions, ponders a new effort by unions to boost the minimum wage even higher.
—Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2025
But teachers' unions say starting salaries were barely more than the minimum wage or unemployment stipends, and are hoping for more increases.
—arkansasonline.com, 13 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for minimum wage
Recent Examples of Synonyms for minimum wage
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The millionaires’ tax applies to salary, wages and one-time earnings including the sale of homes, investments and inheritance proceeds.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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His attorney estimated that lost wages and future medical costs could amount to as much as $14 million.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
11 Mar. 2025
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Carter chose the latter, where his starting salary was set at six hundred thousand dollars, or about $1.4 million today.—
Nathan Heller,
The New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2025
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According to a salary guide published by Refonte Learning, prompt engineers, along with AI automation specialists, are earning up to $200,000 or more.—
Dr. Diane Hamilton,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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And, quite simply, all workers deserve a living wage.—
Celia Ford,
Vox,
17 Mar. 2025
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Musicians’ access to healthcare has been a topic of discussion in recent weeks after Grammy-winning artist Chappell Roan used her best new artist acceptance speech advocate for healthcare and a living wage for developing artists.—
Nicole Fell,
The Hollywood Reporter,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Minimum wage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minimum%20wage. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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