The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 since 2009, not even close to the buying power it once brought workers — ...
MADISON, Wis. -- Wisconsin has not moved its minimum wage above $7.25 an hour, the federal minimum, since 2009. At the start of 2025, 21 states raised their minimum wages including our neighbors: ...
In the late 1960s, minimum wage was worth over $14 in today’s dollars. It has backslid ever since. Bills to raise the wage have been introduced in Congress over the past few years, but none ...