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What was minimum wage in 1947?

Updated: 8/19/2023

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The US federal minimum wage in 1978 was set at $2.65 an hour for all covered non exempt workers.

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∙ 9y ago

Minimum wage in 1948 was $0.40 an hour. The average cost for a car was $1,550, and the average gasoline price was only $0.26 a gallon.

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∙ 12y ago

According to inflationary statistics, the minimum wage was about $4.00 in 1938, the year it became a federal law.

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∙ 13y ago

75 cents per hour

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∙ 15y ago

$1.40

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