Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, and Tennessee do not have minimum wage laws. This does not mean they do not have minimum wages because there is a federal minimum wage that these states must still enforce. States can only choose to have higher minimum wages than the federal law or have no specific law at all and enforce the federal law.
Minimum wage is a federal law - every state has to have a minimum wage.
minimum wage differs from states to states... there are even some that have NO minimum wage whatsoever.
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Minimum wage in the United States is 7 dollars and 25 cents an hour. It has been that amount since 2009.
There is one federal minimum wage law. Most states also have a separate minimum wage law than the federal, which might be higher.
In some states the minimum wage is 2 dollars. Some states do not even mandate minimum wage but reference the federal minimum wage act as a guide.
In the US, the 1953 minimum wage was $0.75.
The average minimum wage in the United States is different state by state. Minimum wage varies from $7.25-$8.00 an hour. The last time laws were changed on minimum wage was in 2009.
In Canada minimum wage is $10.25/hr. In the States minimum wage is $7.25/hr.
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.
Minimum wage is determined individually by state. In order to find out what the current minimum wage in your state is, contact the US Department of Labor, which keeps track of all minimum wage law updates.
The Federal minimum wage in the United States is $6.55. For more information and lists of minimum wage by state, see the Related Links.
The federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour as of 6/9/2010