$10/hr was a bad wage in 2017 too unless you were in an exceptionally low COL area.

Would have to be outside the US for that to be a good wage in 2017. That isn't even a good wage internationally now.

There are still parts of the world where $10/hr is a good wage locally and would put someone in the upper rungs of workers in their local economy. They're just not places it's particularly nice to live if you're someone with internet access.

Federal minimum wage was last increased in 2009 and it's the longest it's been since it was increased. It's criminally low even if you inflation adjust it back in time to '09 money. It's been a long long time since minimum wage was at all livable.

Almost noone in the US makes the federal minimum wage. You should look at local median wages if you want a relevant comparison.

It's about 1.3% of hourly waged workers who are at or below the minumum wage according to the BLS. That number is probably propped up though by the fact that only ~20 states have a minimum wage equal to the federal minimum and most of those are lower population states. After Texas the next largest state with a 7.25 minimum is Pennsylvania then Georgia.

https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/minimum-wage/2022/home.htm#....

https://www.ncsl.org/labor-and-employment/state-minimum-wage...