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The effective nationwide minimum wage (the wage that the average minimum-wage worker earns) was $11.80 in May 2019; this was the highest it had been since at least 1994, the earliest year for which effective-minimum-wage data are available.
See the history of federal minimum wage rates from 1938 to 2009, as well as the effective dates and coverage changes. The table also includes a PDF version and a link to additional information on the Wage-Hour website.
18 paź 2019 · Learn how the federal minimum wage was established in 1938 and how it has changed over time. Explore the political and labor struggles, the Supreme Court rulings, and the international influences that shaped the history of minimum wage in the U.S.
29 mar 2022 · The U.S. minimum wage remains at $7.25 per hour, although a majority of states have higher wages. Learn more about the history, purpose, and battle for a $15 minimum wage.
31 sie 2023 · The minimum wage is a New Deal era policy established initially through the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA). The original bill set a wage floor, instituted a 44-hour work week, and protected children from prematurely entering the workforce.
9 kwi 2019 · The US minimum wage, which started at 25 cents in 1938, has been raised by Congress 22 times. Scroll over CNN’s interactive chart to see the minimum wage by year, through history.
The minimum wage went to $1.00 an hour effective February 1967 for newly covered nonfarm workers, $1.15 in February 1968, $1.30 in February 1969, $1.45 in February 1970, and $1.60 in February 1971. Increases for newly subject farm workers stopped at $1.30.
