Technically, state minimum wage law is $5.15, but it defaults to the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act since it is higher, at ...

Georgia's minimum wage is $5.15 per hour, according to the state's department of labor. However, there are some limited exceptions allowing the federal minimum wage of $7.25 to apply. Under ...

Eligible beneficiaries have experienced the US Minimum Wage Hike 2025, which offers essential assistance to households ...

For roughly 1.4 million people living in Georgia, a person earning minimum wage would need to work nearly four full-time jobs — or over 140 hours a week — to make monthly rent payments.

While the federal minimum wage has been frozen since 2009, 30 states have stepped in to boost wages for their lowest-earning workers, according to the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. That ...

States can set their own minimum wages, but most jobs fall under federal wage laws that guarantee at least $7.25 an hour. Georgia and Wyoming have the lowest minimum wage for workers who don't ...

The Black worker share of state and federal employment is highest in Georgia (43.8%), Louisiana (37.6%), Mississippi (34. ... The repeal of the $17.75 minimum wage for federal contractors in ...

Ultraconservative Sen. Josh Hawley introduced a bill with Sen. Peter Welch to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.

Georgia's minimum wage is $5.15 per hour, according to the state's department of labor. However, there are some limited exceptions allowing the federal minimum wage of $7.25 to apply. Under ...