Federal minimum wage was 7.25 U.S. dollars per hour in 2021.
In 1979, about 3.99 million workers were paid hourly rates at the official minimum wage. In 2021, about 181,000 workers were paid hourly rates at the prevailing minimum wage. The prevailing Number of wage and salary workers in the United States paid hourly rates at the prevailing Federal minimum wage from 1979 to 2021 (in 1,000s)
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (March 21, 2023). Number of wage and salary workers in the United States paid hourly rates at the prevailing Federal minimum wage from 1979 to 2021 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 06, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/188199/wage-and-salary-workers-paid-hourly-rates-at-minimum-wage-since-1979/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Number of wage and salary workers in the United States paid hourly rates at the prevailing Federal minimum wage from 1979 to 2021 (in 1,000s)." Chart. March 21, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 06, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/188199/wage-and-salary-workers-paid-hourly-rates-at-minimum-wage-since-1979/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2023). Number of wage and salary workers in the United States paid hourly rates at the prevailing Federal minimum wage from 1979 to 2021 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 06, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/188199/wage-and-salary-workers-paid-hourly-rates-at-minimum-wage-since-1979/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Number of Wage and Salary Workers in The United States Paid Hourly Rates at The Prevailing Federal Minimum Wage from 1979 to 2021 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/188199/wage-and-salary-workers-paid-hourly-rates-at-minimum-wage-since-1979/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Number of wage and salary workers in the United States paid hourly rates at the prevailing Federal minimum wage from 1979 to 2021 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/188199/wage-and-salary-workers-paid-hourly-rates-at-minimum-wage-since-1979/ (last visited December 06, 2023)
Number of wage and salary workers in the United States paid hourly rates at the prevailing Federal minimum wage from 1979 to 2021 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 21, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/188199/wage-and-salary-workers-paid-hourly-rates-at-minimum-wage-since-1979/