Minimum wage goes up. Do workers care?

Carla Murphy, carla.murphy@journalism.cuny.edu

Abstract

But in 27 other states, the state minimum wage is already higher than $7.25 an hour. In fact, of the 130 million US workers, only 60 percent are paid an hourly rate. And the national hourly salary is $18.50 an hour. Most of those workers are wondering: What’s the big deal?