minimum wage

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The official minimum wage is currently £12.71 an hour for workers over 21, £10.85 an hour for 18 to 20-year-olds and £8 an hour for 16 and 17-year-olds.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

Announcing the new minimum wage package on Thursday, she said it was "the most significant increase in recent years" but acknowledged that it was still "not enough."

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Including housing deductions, employers can now pay H-2A workers $13.90 an hour, significantly below California’s minimum wage of $16.90 an hour.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

A cheeseburger in 1948 cost 19 cents, while the federal minimum wage was 40 cents an hour.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

Declaring that he would never take back the strikers, he raised the minimum wage for a police officer and set about recruiting an entire new police force.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler