According to the US State Department of Labour, the minimum wage in NYC was raised to $7.25 on July 24, 2009.
New Wage Order Rates and Allowances Effective July 24, 2009. With the increase in minimum wage, many of the rates for tips, uniform maintenance, meals, lodging, and executive & administrative exemption have also increased proportionally, rounded off to the nearest nickel. Click on either the full text of the Wage Orders for the Building Service, Restaurant, Hotel, Miscellaneous and Farm industries, or the summary of wage order rates and allowances. Exception: while the Farm minimum wage went up, there have been no changes in the other rates and allowances on farms.
source: //www.labor.state.ny.us/workerprotection/laborstandards/workprot/minwage.shtm
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.
The Current NYS minimum wage is $7.15 Future effective date 07/24/2009 - $7.25.
New York's minimum wage is $7.25 per hour for most employees.
Current $7.15 Future effective date 07/24/2009 - $7.25
As of September 2014, the current minimum wage is $9.10 a hour.
As of August 2014, the minimum wage in New York is approximately $8.75. The minimum wage is expected to raise to $9.00 by December 2015.
The minimum wage for servers in New York is at least $8 per hour. This is what has been defined by The General Industry Minimum Wage Act .
The minimum wage in Oregon is $9.10 per hour as of 2014.
not enough
$8.5
As of May 2014, the current minimum wage in South San Francisco is $10.55. it is set to raise again in 2016.
Yes Congress can regulate the minimum wage. Congress also created the federal minimum wage in 1938. The current minimum wage is $7.25.