Federal Minimun Wage

The federal minimum wage laws have changed over the past century. See how the federal rates have changed since its creation in 1938. I uploaded this file on Mon Oct 16 10:34:02 PDT 2006.

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• www.dol.gov

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• Range	1938 to 1997 (59 years)
  Scale	Yearly

• Rows	20
  Columns	2

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Date	Rate
1980	$3.10
1981	$3.35
1990	$3.80
1991	$4.25
1996	$4.75
1997	$5.15
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Date see all graphs Range 1938 to 1997 (59 years) Scale Yearly

Rate see all graphs Max $5.15 Avg $2.22 Min $0.25 Sum $44.45 Std Dev 1.45

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