Thesaurus results for MINIMUM WAGE

minimum wage

noun

as in wage

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 San Diego's minimum wage is higher at $17.25 as of Jan. 1. Between the lines: California has been a longtime leader in raising pay, and the state has one of the lowest rates of low-wage workers. —

Kate Murphy, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025 Many teachers are on the minimum wage of $225 a month and are forced to take on extra work such as cleaning just to survive. —

David Hambling, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025 Flagstaff, Arizona, now has a minimum wage of $17.85, for example, and Seattle has a minimum wage of $20.76. —

Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 7 Jan. 2025 Illinois is one of 21 states where the minimum wage is going up this year. —

Carrie Shepherd, Axios, 3 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for minimum wage

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While La Liga, the Bundesliga, and Serie A have a reasonably wealthy sub-elite outside the superclubs, who can afford to offer some players significant wages, French clubs lack that flexibility.

— Jacob Whitehead, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
Over the past 45 years, the U.S. economy has doubled in size and American workers have grown 81% more productive while their wages have only grown 29%, according to the Economic Policy Institute .

— Adam Chandler, TIME, 21 Jan. 2025