8.00 hr. on W. Coast (Ca) is among the highest but does vary from state to state & many make almost as much or more with tips as well, but are taxable too.
The minimum wage waitresses have to be paid in Florida is $2.13
$2.13
minimum wage, but tips give the employee a good bonus
The minimum wage for waitresses in the state of Iowa is $3.25 per hour. The tips a waitress receives is believed to bring their total income above the federal minimum wage.
right now it's 2.13. But min wage just went up so i don't know now.
Waitresses make a base pay of 2.13 an hour. If they don't make 8.70 with their tips, which is minimum wage, the restaurant must make up the difference.
The minimum wage is 2.13 for waitresses in Alabama. If they don't make 7.25 with wage and tips, the employer needs to make up the difference.
In the US, the 1953 minimum wage was $0.75.
minimum wage differs from states to states... there are even some that have NO minimum wage whatsoever.
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.
The federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour as of 6/9/2010
Franklin D. Roosevelt established minimum wage.