To estimate this ratio, we used current minimum wages and the median wages in 2019 from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment Statistics program. For example, New York's median ...

Economists had been expecting an overall healthy reading, with 169,000 net new jobs created in the month and the unemployment ...

The federal minimum wage in the United States is $7.25 per hour as of 2025 unless the worker falls into a category that's specifically exempted from the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

Thus, the wage for 2025 was set in September 2024. According to data from the U.S. Department of Labor, Ohio is one of 30 states with a higher minimum wage than the federal wage, but one of just ...

As of 2023, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported just 1.1% of U.S. workers earn the federal minimum wage. The other 99% earn more, due to market forces and state minimum wages. “The federal ...