Chart: States with Higher Union Density have Higher Minimum Wages: Number of states with wages at and above the federal minimum wage, by union density

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Source: EPI Microdata Extracts: Current Population Survey (CPS), Outgoing Rotation Group (ORG); Department of Labor, “Changes in Basic Minimum Wages in Non-Farm Employment under State Law” 1968 to 2020.”

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