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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
In October 2019, Fifth Third increased its minimum wage to $18 an hour from $15.
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Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
That job eventually paid me $13.70 an hour, well above minimum wage in 1996, despite my being a seventh-grade dropout.
—Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
By comparison, the federal minimum wage — $7.25 an hour — hasn’t increased since 2009.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
The contract covers 160 production workers across both the Animation Guild and the Motion Picture Editors Guild (IATSE Local 700) and establishes a minimum wage, reduces healthcare coverage costs and guarantees retirement contributions, per the guilds.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
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Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 9 Oct. 2025
That job eventually paid me $13.70 an hour, well above minimum wage in 1996, despite my being a seventh-grade dropout.
—Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
By comparison, the federal minimum wage — $7.25 an hour — hasn’t increased since 2009.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
The contract covers 160 production workers across both the Animation Guild and the Motion Picture Editors Guild (IATSE Local 700) and establishes a minimum wage, reduces healthcare coverage costs and guarantees retirement contributions, per the guilds.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for minimum wage
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Back then, inflation also ramped up past 5%, fell back toward 3%, but then ultimately soared above 10% between 1972 and 1974, hurt by the 1973 Arab Oil Embargo and the end of President Nixon's wage and price controls .—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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Offering an average hourly wage of more than $19, the company is planning to hire more than 9,000 Tennesseans, including 4,000 in Nashville.—
Stuart Dyos,
Nashville Tennessean,
14 Oct. 2025
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The district also seeks a maintenance and operations budget override of 15% for class sizes, alternative education programs, electives, teacher salaries, specialty schools, safety and support services and athletic programs.—
Erick Trevino,
AZCentral.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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The terms of Mike Hill’s contract will be honored, including a financial payout of his $420,000 base salary through June 30, 2030.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Oct. 2025
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In addition to cost of living wage increases, the guild is also seeking to preserve layoff protections and add new guardrails to the contract that prevent work from being outsourced to third-party companies and/or non-union labor.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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Pearson's campaign platform includes labor rights and living wages, affordable housing, Medicare for All, environmental justice, federal investment to combat poverty and gun reform.—
Beatrice Peterson,
ABC News,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Minimum wage.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/minimum%20wage. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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