The federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour has not budged since 2009, essentially leaving it to states to set meaningful minimum wage increases.

The current federal minimum wage in the United States is historically low and unable to meet the needs of low-income Americans, according to a report released this month by Georgetown University’s ...

The federal minimum wage is still $7.25, where it's been since 2009.

By this time next year, more states will have a minimum wage of at least $15 an hour than those where workers receive the ...

Minimum wage workers in Missouri got a pay boost on. But just across the border, the Kansas minimum wage has been stuck at $7 ...

Millions of American workers are starting 2026 with higher pay as new state and local minimum wage increases take effect, ...

Kentucky's minimum wage will remain $7.25 an hour in 2026, leaving the state increasingly out of step with a growing number ...

5 stats about low-wage workers that should shock you Sept. 10, 2013— -- Since last November, the country witnessed a surge of demonstrations among low-wage workers who are demanding higher wages.

Ebony Sims sees wage conversations at her workplace stretch well beyond the state’s lowest earners. Even employees who are not on minimum wage talk about how pay compares and whether it feels fair.

As they have every year for the past decade, San Diego’s minimum-wage workers will be getting a cost-of-living pay hike the first of the year, even as thousands of others employed in some of ...

Oklahoma remains behind several other states on it's journey to higher pay. Here's what to know about the future of minimum ...