# minumum wage?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minumum-wage/82567>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 19, 2001, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minumum-wage/82567 "2001-09-19T12:59:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![funguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58f4c7/32.png) [@funguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funguy)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minumum-wage/82567/1 "2001-09-19T12:59:56Z")

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what is the minimum wage?

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**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minumum-wage/82567/2 "2001-09-19T13:13:14Z")

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$5.15 an hour.

Robin

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**Author:** ![Ponster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponster/32/17081_2.png) [@Ponster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponster)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minumum-wage/82567/3 "2001-09-19T13:20:47Z")

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Presuming your from the USA, this link should help you.  
And I believe that the federal min-wage is $5.15 and congress are discussing a rise to $6.75.

[http://www.dol.gov/dol/esa/public/minwage/america.htm](http://www.dol.gov/dol/esa/public/minwage/america.htm)

Here in France it’s about $6.20 or FF42

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**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minumum-wage/82567/4 "2001-09-19T13:52:24Z")

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Some states have higher minimum wage than the federal minimum. And, a few professions are exempt from minimum wage requirements.