In the United States, the average minimum wage pay is seven dollars and twenty five cents an hour. A family of four could not even live happily knowing they are only making a little less than thirty thousand a year together before taxes are taken out. A single independent person can live a happy average life while getting paid minimum wage and still purchase little things here and there for their satisfaction. In 1938, two years after President Roosevelt was elected into office, he signed the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Each state has different minimum wage depending either on their population or on the occupation.
History on minimum wage laws Minimum wage laws appeared in the early nineteen hundreds, when a law was passed to set …show more content…
It is jobs that offer minimum wage that are usually the are struggling making seven dollars and twenty five cents an hour isn 't all that bad for someone ones who require little to no skill or any type of education to work there. These places are mainly fast food joints and places where food is being prepared. Fast food jobs have been increasing in the last years and more people want to work in restaurant and fast food places because it is easy to get into, they do not need to have any kind of knowledge and sometimes they pay can be pretty good depending on what kind or position you have such as a cook. Minimum wage is only really good if you are a single independent person who does not have a family and not bills to many and if you are a young inexperienced person. An average person who gets paid minimum wage only makes about 14,000 a year or less and that is even before taxes are taken out and depending on how many hours they …show more content…
For example, if you look at the map Maryland minimum wage is at eight dollars and twenty five cents an hour right now but in the next years it will be increasing about a dollar every year. In Georgia, the minimum wage is at five dollars and fifteen cents and seven dollars and twenty five cents because those who are not covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act would get paid state minimum wage five which is dollars and twenty five cents and those who are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act would get paid the federal minimum wage which is seven dollars and twenty five cents, and that is a huge difference between
History on minimum wage laws Minimum wage laws appeared in the early nineteen hundreds, when a law was passed to set …show more content…
It is jobs that offer minimum wage that are usually the are struggling making seven dollars and twenty five cents an hour isn 't all that bad for someone ones who require little to no skill or any type of education to work there. These places are mainly fast food joints and places where food is being prepared. Fast food jobs have been increasing in the last years and more people want to work in restaurant and fast food places because it is easy to get into, they do not need to have any kind of knowledge and sometimes they pay can be pretty good depending on what kind or position you have such as a cook. Minimum wage is only really good if you are a single independent person who does not have a family and not bills to many and if you are a young inexperienced person. An average person who gets paid minimum wage only makes about 14,000 a year or less and that is even before taxes are taken out and depending on how many hours they …show more content…
For example, if you look at the map Maryland minimum wage is at eight dollars and twenty five cents an hour right now but in the next years it will be increasing about a dollar every year. In Georgia, the minimum wage is at five dollars and fifteen cents and seven dollars and twenty five cents because those who are not covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act would get paid state minimum wage five which is dollars and twenty five cents and those who are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act would get paid the federal minimum wage which is seven dollars and twenty five cents, and that is a huge difference between