Employers subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act must pay the current Federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour .
Read moreHow many American workers make under $15 an hour?
(CNN) Nearly 52 million workers — or almost one-third of the nation’s labor force — earn less than $15 an hour, according to a study released Tuesday by Oxfam America, an anti-poverty advocacy group.
Read moreWhat is US minimum wage in 2021?
Excluding Washington, D.C.’s $15.20 hourly minimum wage, California has the highest in the country at $14 per hour. … States with minimum wage increases in 2021: StateAlaska2020 Minimum Wage$10.192021 Minimum Wage$10.34Effective Date1/1/2124 US States Will See a Minimum Wage Increase in 2021 www.usnews.com › News › Best States
Read moreWhat’s the minimum wage in US 2019?
In 2019, 82.3 million workers age 16 and older in the United States were paid at hourly rates, representing 58.1 percent of all wage and salary workers. Among those paid by the hour, 392,000 workers earned exactly the prevailing federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour .
Read moreWhy is Australia minimum wage so high?
Australian firms put more money into capital investment than New Zealand businesses did which made their industrial workers more productive . This resulted in higher wages for not just those workers but workers across all industries in Australia, he said.
Read moreWhich country has highest pay per hour?
Countries With The Highest Minimum Hourly Wages In The World, 2019: RankCountryMinimum hourly wages (USD)1Australia14.142Luxembourg13.143New Zealand11.284France11.24Countries With The Highest Minimum Hourly Wages In The World, 2019 ceoworld.biz › 2019/01/03 › countries-with-the-highest-minimum-hourly-…
Read moreWhich country pays the lowest salary?
Cuba is the country with the world’s lowest minimum wage . On a monthly basis, an employee in Cuba receives the minimum wage of 225 Cuban pesos –equivalent to $9. To supplement this meagre monthly wage, each Cuban employee is supplied with food on a free-of-charge basis.
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