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In the United States, minimum wage is the least amount of money employers legally have to pay workers per hour. The minimum wage can vary depending on where you work because each state can set its own minimum wage. In the United States, the federal government also sets a minimum wage that applies across the whole country, which is $7.25. This minimum wage is meant to help workers afford their basic needs like food, housing, and clothing, however, it has proven to be insufficient because most minimum wage workers still cannot afford basic utilities. Over the past few years, minimum wage has increased as shown by this diagram:
Along with this increase, living expenses increased as well leaving minimum wage workers still unable to afford basic necessities. Additionally, some states did not issue an increase, most were states that have the federal minimum wage of $7.25. The following diagram shows the states that issued an increase in 2024:
It is likely that minimum wage will arise in the future, however if it continues to increase by little increments, nothing will change due to inflation and living costs growing.Â
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