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The minimum wage in the United States is no longer a living wage. At $7.25, the federal minimum hasnât kept up with the cost of living since the late 60s, and thereâs a growing movement among workers, policy analysts, state and city governments â and even some employers â to raise it.
The minimum wage is meant to be a living wage. âBy living wages, I mean more than a bare subsistence level â I mean the wages of a decent living.â President Rooseveltâs words in 1933, five years before the first minimum wage became law.These days, itâs anything but a living wage.