Proportion of workers in selected pay ranges by region and State, 2005.
This article looks at the proportion of U.S. workers in selected pay ranges in 2005. State differences in the distribution of workers' earning hourly rates above or below the federal minimum wage of $5.15 are a function not only of the occupational distribution and prevailing wages in each state, bu...
| Publicado en: | Monthly Labor Review Vol. 129; no. 12; pp. 66 - 70 |
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US Department of Labor
Dec2006
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| Sumario: | This article looks at the proportion of U.S. workers in selected pay ranges in 2005. State differences in the distribution of workers' earning hourly rates above or below the federal minimum wage of $5.15 are a function not only of the occupational distribution and prevailing wages in each state, but also of the widely ranging state minimum wage provisions. Several states that have not had minimum wage laws held referendums in 2006, allowing voters to determine whether their state should have provisions beyond the federal minimum wage. |
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