On Sat, 27 Feb 2021 16:44:52 GMT, (Scott Lurndal)
wrote:

" writes:
On Saturday, February 27, 2021 at 9:24:17 AM UTC-5, Frank wrote:
Google tells us this:

"The percentage of hourly paid workers earning the prevailing federal
minimum wage or less declined from 2.7 percent in 2016 to 2.3 percent in
2017. This remains well below the percentage of 13.4 recorded in 1979,
when data were first collected on a regular basis."

So, what's all the noise about?

How many people are making a nickel over minimum wage? Or
a dollar over minimum wage?

Or are making minimum wage but only part-time.

It didn't say they excluded part time but Ed has a point. A lot of
states have a higher minimum wage so they will not be in Frank's stat.

That might actually be a better way to deal with it anyway. The cost
of living varies widely across the country. One size does not fit all.
Even the federal civil service salary schedule adjusts for cost of
living, up to 41% higher in the Bay area of California.
Maybe they should use that same adjustment to the minimum wage if the
feds really want to be doing this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Schedule_(US_civil_service_pay_scale)#Loca lity_adjustment