US Minimum Wage

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Description

This dataset shows minimum wage by state by year, from 2001 to the most recent year available. Data is available for all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, as well as the US minimum wage. In cases where cities within the state have different minimum wage laws than the state itself, the state's minimum wage is shown. In all cases where the state's minimum wage is less than the US minimum wage, the US minimum wage is shown.

Only identity mappings are allowed along StateID.

Use Cases

Questions answered by this dataset:

• What was the minimum wage in Oregon in 2011?
• What is the minimum wage in the state of Washington?
• What state has the highest minimum wage?

Metrics

• MinimumWage: Shows the minimum wage for the state and year selected; if the state minimum wage is less than the nation, then the nation is shown.

Filters

• Area (Nation, State)
• Year

Core LMI Metadata