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YOU WONT BELIEVE: How much money would workers have if the minimum wage kept up with inflation - What They Never Told You

Minimum Wage Inflation the Economic Policy Institute

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The federal minimum wage sits at $7.25 per hour, unchanged since July 24, 2009. If you work full time at that rate (40 hours weekly for 52 weeks), you earn $15,080 annually before taxes.

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