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Source: Pearson Education / Department of Labor and Bureau of Labor Statistics
Red bars represent the real value of the minimum wage adjusted for inflation – its real buying power based on the dollar's value in 1996. Orange bars show the monetary figure for the minimum wage. Even though the federal minimum wage is now $7.25, that amount actually buys less than the 1980 minimum of $3.10 did.
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