This statistic presents the results of a phone survey by Reason-Rupe among American adults in December 2013. Survey respondents were asked if they thought the federal government should set a minimum wage, or not. Some 73 percent of respondents said the federal government should set a minimum wage.
Do you think the federal government should set a minimum wage, or not?
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Statistics on Minimum Wage in the United States
Minimum wage rates
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Minimum wage workforce
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- Basic Statistic Wage and salary workers in the U.S. paid minimum wage 1979-2020
- Premium Statistic U.S. minimum wage workers by state 2021
- Premium Statistic Minimum wage workers in the U.S. by occupation 2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. minimum wage workers by race or ethnicity 2021
- Premium Statistic Number of minimum wage workers in the U.S. by age 2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. minimum wage workers by gender and full-/part-time status 2021
- Basic Statistic Number of U.S. minimum wage workers, by education 2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. minimum wage workers in by marital status 2021
Low wage employment
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- Basic Statistic Number of workers in the U.S. paid less than the minimum wage 1979-2020
- Premium Statistic Percent distribution of U.S. minimum wage workers by occupation 2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. minimum wage workers by industry 2021
- Premium Statistic Annual cost of living in top 10 largest U.S. cities in 2022
- Basic Statistic Hourly wages needed to afford a two-bedroom apartment in the U.S. 2022, by state
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- Wages in the U.S.: real and nominal value of the minimum wage through 2013
- Wages in the U.S.: attitudes towards raising the minimum wage in 2013
- Wages in the U.S.: public opinion on level of minimum wage 2013
- Wages in the U.S.: small-business owners' support for raising the minimum wage 2013
- Wages in the U.S.: public opinion on raising the minimum wage 2013
- Wages in the U.S.: public opinion on impact of higher minimum wage on job market 2013
- Wages in the U.S.: public opinion on higher minimum wage if jobs will be lost 2013
- Wages in the U.S.: public opinion of purpose of minimum wage jobs 2013
- American small-business owners' opinion on effects of a higher minimum wage 2013
- Wages in the U.S: effect of higher minimum wage on small-business operations 2013
- Real minimum wages in the United States 2000-2020
- Wages in the U.S.: attitudes towards raising the minimum wage 2013
- Support for raising the U.S. minimum wage, by political party ID 2013
- Wage and salary workers in the U.S. paid less than minimum wage 1979-2020, by gender
- Likelihood to vote for congressional candidate who supports higher minimum wage 2013
- Support for raising the U.S. minimum wage with inflation, by political party ID 2013
- Share of adults who support minimum wage increase U.S. April 2021, by race
- Minimum wage as percentage of median wage of full-time workers in the CEE region 2020
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- Wages in the U.S.: real and nominal value of the minimum wage through 2013
- Wages in the U.S.: attitudes towards raising the minimum wage in 2013
- Wages in the U.S.: public opinion on level of minimum wage 2013
- Wages in the U.S.: small-business owners' support for raising the minimum wage 2013
- Wages in the U.S.: public opinion on raising the minimum wage 2013
- Wages in the U.S.: public opinion on impact of higher minimum wage on job market 2013
- Wages in the U.S.: public opinion on higher minimum wage if jobs will be lost 2013
- Wages in the U.S.: public opinion of purpose of minimum wage jobs 2013
- American small-business owners' opinion on effects of a higher minimum wage 2013
- Wages in the U.S: effect of higher minimum wage on small-business operations 2013
- Real minimum wages in the United States 2000-2020
- Wages in the U.S.: attitudes towards raising the minimum wage 2013
- Support for raising the U.S. minimum wage, by political party ID 2013
- Wage and salary workers in the U.S. paid less than minimum wage 1979-2020, by gender
- Likelihood to vote for congressional candidate who supports higher minimum wage 2013
- Support for raising the U.S. minimum wage with inflation, by political party ID 2013
- Share of adults who support minimum wage increase U.S. April 2021, by race
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Reason. (December 13, 2013). Do you think the federal government should set a minimum wage, or not? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 03, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/322723/us-should-the-federal-government-set-a-minimum-wage/
Reason. "Do you think the federal government should set a minimum wage, or not?." Chart. December 13, 2013. Statista. Accessed February 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/322723/us-should-the-federal-government-set-a-minimum-wage/
Reason. (2013). Do you think the federal government should set a minimum wage, or not?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/322723/us-should-the-federal-government-set-a-minimum-wage/
Reason. "Do You Think The Federal Government Should Set a Minimum Wage, or Not?." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Dec 2013, https://www.statista.com/statistics/322723/us-should-the-federal-government-set-a-minimum-wage/
Reason, Do you think the federal government should set a minimum wage, or not? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/322723/us-should-the-federal-government-set-a-minimum-wage/ (last visited February 03, 2023)
Do you think the federal government should set a minimum wage, or not? [Graph], Reason, December 13, 2013. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/322723/us-should-the-federal-government-set-a-minimum-wage/