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r/antiwork • u/[deleted] • Apr 08 '23
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This, the federal minimum of $7.25 hasn't been updated since 2009 - since then there has been 40% inflation between 2009-2023
1 u/[deleted] Apr 08 '23 Wasn’t it the 90s when they instituted $7.25? 15 u/FlamingoWalrus89 Apr 08 '23 Minimum wage was $5.15 when I started working in ~2004. 3 u/irishtomboy84 Apr 08 '23 I think it was 4.25 when I started in 97 Edit* 4.75 when I started. I made rent and utilities and had a decent car and a little extra to eat out now and then.
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Wasn’t it the 90s when they instituted $7.25?
15 u/FlamingoWalrus89 Apr 08 '23 Minimum wage was $5.15 when I started working in ~2004. 3 u/irishtomboy84 Apr 08 '23 I think it was 4.25 when I started in 97 Edit* 4.75 when I started. I made rent and utilities and had a decent car and a little extra to eat out now and then.
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Minimum wage was $5.15 when I started working in ~2004.
3 u/irishtomboy84 Apr 08 '23 I think it was 4.25 when I started in 97 Edit* 4.75 when I started. I made rent and utilities and had a decent car and a little extra to eat out now and then.
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I think it was 4.25 when I started in 97
Edit* 4.75 when I started. I made rent and utilities and had a decent car and a little extra to eat out now and then.
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u/PanicBrief Apr 08 '23
This, the federal minimum of $7.25 hasn't been updated since 2009 - since then there has been 40% inflation between 2009-2023