History of Federal Minimum Wage Rates Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 1938-2009

A data set on the various federal minimum wage rates.

Usage

min_wage

Format

A data frame with 23 observations on the following 5 variables.

date

a date for when a new minimum wage was introduced

wage

the (nominal) value of the wage

Source

Department of Labor

Details

Data come from the Department of Labor. Wages are taken from wage adjustments from the 1938 act.