How much does a minimum wage worker earn in a month?

Answer 1

The answer to your question depends on where the worker is working and how many hours per week they are working. In the United States, the federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, but some states have higher minimum wages.

Assuming the federal minimum wage as that is the absolute minimum in the United States, and assuming a full-time employee who works 40 hours per week:

$7.25 × 40 = $290/week

$290 × 52 = $15,080/annually $15,080 / 12 = $1256.67/month - before taxes

Federal minimum wage for workers who receive a certain threshold of tips per month is $2.13 per hour (again, some states have higher minimum tipped employee wages). However, an employer is only permitted to pay the tipped employee rate if the employee's wages plus tips equals the federal minimum wage/hour rate, so the gross per month would theoretically be at least the same.

Answer 2

a average person makes about 2,00