Upon inception it was set at $0.25. It is now $7.25.

  • FireTower@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Additionally just because that is the minimum wage doesn’t mean people are getting payed that. I live in a state where we just used the fed minimum, and see McDonald’s advertising $17/hr. That’s still a pretty humble rate but the labor market dictates wages not the government.