The federal minimum wage first went into effect in 1938. At that time, Congress set the minimum wage at 25 cents per hour.
The minimum wage in Washington DC is $8.25 an hour, or $2.77 for tipped employees. The minimum wage is automatically set to a $1 / hour more than the federal minimum wage.
Set by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1937, minimum wage $0.25 an hour. See this government website for more information, though it takes a while to load. http://www.dol.gov/whd/minwage/chart.htm
The first US minimum wage law was not enacted until 1938. The 1938 Act was applicable generally to employees engaged in interstate commerce or in the production of goods for interstate commerce and was set at $.25 an hour.
In 1933, President Roosevelt first attempted to set up the minimum wage at 25 cents an hour. This was part of the National Industrial Recovery Act. In 1935, the Act was declared unconsitutional and they minimum wage was no longer in effect.
The US federal minimum wage in 1978 was set at $2.65 an hour for all covered non exempt workers.
Whatever the minimum wage for the area is. There is no set wage. When I worked as a part-time groom for an Arabian barn I earned $7 an hour.
$7.50 an hour. This was set at this level on 1/01/2009. Minimum wage is higher in Santa Fe and Albuquerque.
Tennessee is one of 5 states that has not set a minimum wage. The state would then go by the federal minimum wage. The federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour effective July 24, 2009.
The current minimum wage in New York State is $7.25 USD an hour. This meets the bottom threshold of the minimum nationwide wage set by the United States Federal Government.
I am assuming that by hourly wage you mean minimum wage. In 1938 the hourly wage was $0.25 a hour, although that was implement more towards the end of the year, I think it was set in October. That was when minimum wage was actually set by a government act. The act was applicable generally to employees engaged in interstate commerce or in the production of goods for interstate commerce.
A minimum wage.