How to Use minimum wage in a Sentence

minimum wage

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  • Congress will vote on a bill to raise the minimum wage.
  • In New York City, this figure is $10, two-thirds of the minimum wage.
    — Elena Soderblom, The New Republic, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The unions have been seeking a $25-per-hour minimum wage.
    — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Some states have minimum wages that are more than twice that.
    — Stacey Vanek Smith, NPR, 26 Mar. 2024
  • At the turn of each year, many states lift the minimum wage to adjust for the cost of living or to meet requirements in the law.
    — Austen Hufford, WSJ, 31 Dec. 2023
  • Their pay must at least equal the prevailing wage or the minimum wage that applies.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2024
  • In New York City and surrounding counties, the minimum wage has been stuck at $15 while consumer prices have soared in the past year.
    — Grace Ashford, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The industry’s new minimum wage, the highest in the country, will take effect next April.
    — Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2023
  • In several states, the new minimum wage will more than double that rate.
    — CBS News, 30 Dec. 2023
  • In recent days, tens of thousands have refused to work, calling for the minimum wage to be raised to nearly three times that amount.
    — Jon Emont and Refayet Ullah Mirdha, WSJ, 6 Nov. 2023
  • Arias said that the increase in the minimum wage will allow the district to hire people and ease understaffing issues.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 25 Mar. 2023
  • In a state where the minimum wage for fast food workers will soon be $20 an hour, having less people to pay can be a bonus for businesses.
    — Joy Benedict, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2024
  • The new rule would mandate a minimum wage of $17.96 an hour for food delivery workers.
    — Eli Tan, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
  • Did Panera Bread get an exemption from the $20 minimum wage law?
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2024
  • And some of the housing, like the Laureate, serves middle-class tenants, not someone earning, say, the minimum wage.
    — Conor Dougherty, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2023
  • The survey found that some workers on the lower end of the pay scale barely make minimum wage, when unpaid overtime is factored in.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Workers on the minimum wage will also get an uplift of almost 10%.
    — Andrew Atkinson, Fortune Europe, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The starting pay at the Maspeth hub is typically $15.50 an hour for jobs like preloader—just fifty cents more than New York City’s minimum wage.
    — Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2023
  • If tips and wages combined are not enough to cover the minimum wage, owners are legally required to make up the difference.
    — Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 25 May 2023
  • Similarly, in the past 10 years, there have been 14 ballot measures to increase the minimum wage.
    — Alex Thomas, The New Republic, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The cities of Los Angeles and Downey both approved $25 per hour minimum wages for healthcare workers last year.
    — Corinne Purtillstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Those jobs will be paid above minimum wage and will also come with benefits.
    — Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Starting this month, a handful of states actually hit that goal of a $15 minimum wage.
    — Tony Dokoupil, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The government will also increase the minimum wage in line with the rate of inflation from April 1, Hipkins said.
    — Tracy Withers, Bloomberg.com, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The law applies to fast-food chains with at least 60 national locations and will come as the state’s minimum wage is set to rise to $16 an hour in January.
    — Jennifer Williams-Alvarez, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Though Ontario’s minimum wage is $16.55, legal experts dubbed the use of Percy sound.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Flanagan was one of the sponsors of a successful 2014 push to increase Alaska’s minimum wage.
    — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Isn’t the rising cost of living an argument for a higher minimum wage?
    — Li Goldstein, Bon Appétit, 17 Feb. 2023
  • This new wage increase comes as the minimum wage for all non-fast food workers is already at $15.50 per hour, one of the highest minimum wages in the country.
    — Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner, 28 Sep. 2023
  • And raise the federal minimum wage because every worker has the right to earn a decent living!
    — USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2024

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