Re:A dishwasher can make or break a restaurant
by rtkwe on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @03:45PM
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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.
Re:A dishwasher can make or break a restaurant
by astrange on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @02:25PM
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Almost noone in the US makes the federal minimum wage. You should look at local median wages if you want a relevant comparison.
Re:A dishwasher can make or break a restaurant
by reaperducer on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @02:41PM
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You should look at local median wages if you want a relevant comparison.
I wasn't making a comparison. I was just providing information.
Re:A dishwasher can make or break a restaurant
by rtkwe on Thursday August 29, 2024 @01:35PM
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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...
$12.95/hour in today money.
The minimum wage in 2017 was $7.25/hour.