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minimum wage

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an amount of money that is the least amount of money per hour that workers must be paid according to the law Congress will vote on a bill to raise the minimum wage.

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Recent Examples of minimum wage More than one-third received no social security benefits, and 65 percent reported earning less than the legal minimum wage when factoring in skill level and overtime. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 24 July 2026 More than 455,000 earn within a dollar of the minimum wage, according to data from United Way, and nearly four times that number earn less than $20 an hour. — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026 This rule applies when employees are making minimum wage or above. — Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026 Florida law will raise the minimum wage for all non-tipped employees to $15 later this year. — Lily Wright, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for minimum wage

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There’s often debate about whether AI is used by employers to increase productivity among its workforce or cut wage costs, according to Brian Justie, a senior research analyst with the UCLA Labor Center.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 30 July 2026
With wages barely keeping up with inflation, households have been tapping savings and saving less to maintain spending, a situation that economists said could not continue indefinitely.

— Lucia Mutikani, USA Today, 30 July 2026

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According to salary-cap data from Spotrac, Denver was set to commit roughly 18% of its 2026 cap allocations to its starting five offensive linemen, before Powers’ pay cut.

— Luca Evans, Denver Post, 28 July 2026
For someone making the state’s median annual salary of about $75,000, that’s a yearly premium of roughly $450, or $9-a-week.

— Howard Gleckman, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026

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