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What is the current minimum wage?
What is the minimum wage in the United States right now? My mom said it was like $6.55 but when I was working a job last year it was $5.85. My best friend says she doesn't know what minimum wage is right now, but heard it was going to be $7.25 soon but doesn't know exactly when that will happen.
I'm curious any way it is. What is the minimum wage right now and when is minimum wage going to go up in the United States? When the minimum wage does go up what will it be then?
THANKS!
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I live in rhode island and it's $7.40 here.
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your mom is right, it's currently $6.55
i got it from this site:
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It differs in every state however it usually ranges between 7.00 - 7.68 an hr. :)
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The minimum wage is actually different in each state. Where I live, the minimum wage will soon be $7.25 in either January or July, I can't remember.
All you have to do is go to google & type in "Minimum wage in ____" and then put your state. You'll get a whole bunch of information.
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Minimum wage is different in every state. Google "minimum wage in *your state*" and you should find out.
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Well I'm not completley sure as to when the minimum wage is supposed to go up next, and i'm unsure as to how much it will be when that does happen. I do know however, that the current minimum wage is $7.15. It's a little confusing as to how the minimum wage sytem works out. If you work for a small, family-owned resturant for instance and you recieve payment underneath the table (most of the time in cash, and not as a written pay stub), minimum wage technically means nothing to those managers. They can pay you $7.10, $5.00, or even lower if they really wanted. In most cases of payment being that low however, employees will try to migrate to a better, better paying job. If you want to be getting paid minimum wage hourly, you will most likely have to get a job at a corporate business such as McDonalds, car dealerships, etc. I'm not saying all small resturant owners pay under the table because that is not true at all, i'm just saying it is most definitley more common among them. I hope I helped satisfy your curiousity! Dave :)
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