Share of adults who want a minimum wage increase U.S. April 2021, by party

Published by Statista Research Department, Apr 24, 2023
In an online survey conducted in April 2021, around 45 percent of respondents in the United States who identified as Republican said that they strongly oppose an increase in the federal minimum wage to 15 U.S. dollars an hour. In comparison, around 61 percent of surveyed Democrats said that they were strongly in favor of a minimum wage increase.

Share of adults in the United States who support raising the federal minimum wage to 15 U.S. dollars an hour as of April 2021, by political party

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Release date

April 2021

Region

United States

Survey time period

April 5 to 11, 2021

Number of respondents

5,109 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Values may not be equal to 100 percent as no answer responses were not shown.

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