(see Table 1) For example, a full-time $7.25 hourly wage meets slightly less than three-quarters of the income needed for a two-person household to stay out of poverty. A worker would need an ...

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Supporters of raising the minimum wage argue that doing so will reduce poverty. It seems intuitive that raising the minimum wage would have this effect. Presumably, requiring employers to pay ...

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After adjusting for inflation, the average salary of a Head Start teacher increased less than 1% between 2010 and 2023, from $41,389 to $41,691, according to the Biden administration.

Monday was an important day for Pennsylvania: Gov. Tom Wolf signed an executive order raising the minimum wage for state workers and state contractors’ workers to $10.15 per hour from ...

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Despite this critical role, I have been shocked by just how poorly airport service workers are treated. We’re rewarded for our hard work with poverty wages, no paid time off, short staffing ...