How to Use minimum wage in a Sentence

minimum wage

noun
  • Congress will vote on a bill to raise the minimum wage.
  • And that is your new bill to raise the minimum wage.
    — NBC news, 28 June 2026
  • Some states have minimum wages that are more than twice that.
    — Stacey Vanek Smith, NPR, 26 Mar. 2024
  • They are paid well below minimum wage for the work.
    — Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2026
  • That's what one of three bills to increase the minimum wage would do.
    — Wheeler Cowperthwaite, The Providence Journal, 26 Mar. 2026
  • These cities have a minimum wage above $17 per hour.
    — Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Both states have high by minimum wage laws (around $15 an hour).
    — Rick Helfenbein, Forbes, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Thus, like work-study students, they are owed at least minimum wage.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • What's the minimum wage for New York now?
    — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 4 May 2026
  • Their base pay is now $15 an hour, which is the minimum wage in many states and cities.
    — River Selby august 25, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
  • As the economy grows and wages rise, the minimum wage would rise with it.
    — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 4 May 2026
  • Here are all the minimum wage rates for states poised to make increases.
    — Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Which states are raising their minimum wage?
    — Addy Bink, The Hill, 14 Dec. 2025
  • That’s almost five times the minimum wage.
    — Sacbee.com, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Those are even minimum wage jobs, and these folks were not paid minimum wage.
    — Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The nannies work full-time or part-time and earn the minimum wage of about $7 an hour.
    — Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
  • At present, three months’ worth of minimum wage does not amount to even a single dollar.
    — Cnn Staff, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Cities and counties can also set their own minimum wages.
    — Calmatters, Oc Register, 24 Dec. 2025
  • The state just raised the hourly minimum wage for fast food workers to $20.
    — John Stossel, Orange County Register, 31 May 2024
  • That's right, when the minimum wage goes up, so do workplace injuries.
    — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Compare that to the minimum wage of $15 per hour.
    — Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Here's what to know about the holiday and minimum wages.
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 27 Aug. 2025
  • How many states are above the federal minimum wage?
    — Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
  • What is the minimum wage in Kentucky?
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 27 Aug. 2025
  • What is the minimum wage in Kentucky?
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 11 Dec. 2025
  • In some cases, minimum wage changes will be based on the size of the employer.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Their pay must at least equal the prevailing wage or the minimum wage that applies.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2024
  • Florida is on the higher end of the minimum wage pay scale.
    — Center Square, The Washington Examiner, 31 Dec. 2025
  • So, in that context, increasing the minimum wage has to be seen as a good thing.
    — Roger Trapp, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
  • At the same time, the city of Denver also passed new minimum wage laws.
    — Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 28 Feb. 2026

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