Chart: Minimum wage preemption is on the rise: States passing laws preempting local minimum wages, 1997–2017

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Minimum wage preemption is on the rise: States passing laws preempting local minimum wages, 1997–2017

Note: In each column, blue boxes represent minimum wage preemption laws passed in the given year(s). Gray boxes represent minimum wage preemption laws in effect (passed in previous years).

Source: EPI analysis of preemption laws in all 50 states

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