98.6% Of American Workers Earn More Than The Federal Minimum Wage

First established over 80 years ago in 1938 at 25 cents an hour, the federal minimum wage continues to gain a great deal of coverage, yet only 1.4% of workers nationally are paid the federal minimum wage.

Having declined sharply since the end of the 1982 economy when over 15% of workers earned the national minimum wage, today, over 98.6% of workers across the fruited plain earn more than minimum.

Here is an analysis of the current minimum wage and the very good economic news that the number of workers earning the minimum has dropped sharply over 4 decades.

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