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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
In addition, minimum wage rates will be increased for all workers by two percent between the second and third years of the contract and everyone in the bargaining unit who has worked a minimum of two seasons in the past year will receive a 1.5 percent raise in that same time period.
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Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2025
The latest Texas Senate budget bill seeks to raise wages for community attendants to $12 an hour, a number that is still subject to change and a far cry from the $20-an-hour minimum wage that the Personal Attendant Coalition of Texas, or PACT, and its partners are advocating.
—Madeline De Figueiredo, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Instead, critics including the Economic Policy Institute, advocate for increasing the federal minimum wage as a better way to help all low-wage workers.
—Natalie Wu
ryan Ermey, CNBC, 1 July 2025
This can offset minimum wage increases mandated by the city.
—Chicago Tribune, 1 July 2025
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Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2025
The latest Texas Senate budget bill seeks to raise wages for community attendants to $12 an hour, a number that is still subject to change and a far cry from the $20-an-hour minimum wage that the Personal Attendant Coalition of Texas, or PACT, and its partners are advocating.
—Madeline De Figueiredo, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Instead, critics including the Economic Policy Institute, advocate for increasing the federal minimum wage as a better way to help all low-wage workers.
—Natalie Wu
ryan Ermey, CNBC, 1 July 2025
This can offset minimum wage increases mandated by the city.
—Chicago Tribune, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for minimum wage
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Over 90% of the department's budget makes up personnel costs, including wages, benefits and pension contributions.—
Lillian Metzmeier,
The Courier-Journal,
22 July 2025
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To make Burns more compliant, Nixon aides planted untrue stories about Burns’ wanting a big salary increase while other wages had been frozen.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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Across the board, these nations are balancing economic needs with domestic labour concerns by linking work visas to salary levels, labour shortages, and long-term integration strategies.—
Andy J. Semotiuk,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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There is no real accountability for the city’s significant investment and minimal returns, no salaries tied to performance, no end in sight for the yearly step increases and cost-of-living adjustments for every employee in the district — bloated central office staff included.—
Andrea Williams,
Nashville Tennessean,
26 July 2025
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This fee goes directly to staff payroll and provides a living wage to our team.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
11 July 2025
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An uncomfortable truth is that many remaining U.S. garment workers earn a smaller share of a living wage than their counterparts in some of the countries where a lot of American clothing is made, such as Cambodia or Vietnam.—
Elizabeth Cline,
The Atlantic,
8 July 2025
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“Minimum wage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minimum%20wage. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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