LogFAQs > #966988026

For me, the surest sign that the minimum wage must be increased is the fact that I cant tell you the last time I saw a job in my area hiring that was offering the minimum wage. When I was younger there were absolutely jobs that paid the minimum wage. My first job was minimum wage, back when that was $5.15 an hour, and up until I was in my early twenties pretty much every job I worked was just slightly above the federal minimum (mostly because I took a lot of jobs as a lifeguard and thats a skilled position you have to be certified for) but fast food places, grocery or retail stores, etc. regularly hired at minimum wage, with like a 10 or 20 cent raise after a year or something like that. Nowadays in my area even places like Taco Bell are paying $10-$11 an hour for new hires. The only places Im aware of that still use the federal minimum wage requirements are restaurants with tipped employees, or farms (both of which, conveniently, have carved out exceptions for themselves in the minimum wage laws).