Increase in the Federal Minimum Wage

Susy Owen

Attorney

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In Washington on Wednesday, House Democrats pushed for a federal minimum wage increase of $2.10 an hour.
They called it only a partial restoration of purchasing power for America's lowest-paid workers. This bill would raise the federal wage floor from $5.15 to $7.25 an hour.

It would be implemented in three steps over 26 months. The federal wage has not gone up for 10 years. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said "If the minimum wage had been adjusted with the cost of living on an annual basis since 1968, a minimum wage worker would not be making $5.15, not be making $7.25, would be making $9.05."