minimum wage

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Enrollees are paid the highest of the state, federal or local minimum wage and work an average of 20 hours per week.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

When business leaders were frustrated over the passage of a $30-per-hour minimum wage for hotel workers, Bass brokered a meeting with them and Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson, he said in December.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

“I made more money,” said Janet Jimenez, 53, who works in a restaurant and says the minimum wage increase benefited her and other relatives.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

He has also promised to build on Petro's legacy of increasing the minimum wage, raising education spending and transferring land to poor communities.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

I suspect the pay was just a bit over minimum wage, and I didn’t get an allowance.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers