SWA2014-Wages | Figure 4AF | Real value of the federal minimum wage and share of workforce covered by higher state minimums, 1979–2011Source: Authors' analysis of U.S. Department of Labor (2009) and Cooper (2012) Share on Facebook Tweet this chart EmbedCopy the code below to embed this chart on your website.<iframe width="100%" height="460" src="https://www.epi.org?p=70445&view=embed&embed_template=charts_v2013_08_21&embed_date=20240424&onp=70445&utm_source=epi_press&utm_medium=chart_embed&utm_campaign=charts_v2" frameborder="0"></iframe> Download image Previous chart: « Minimum wage as a share of average hourly earnings, 1964–2013 Next chart: Share of worker hours paid at or below the minimum wage, by gender, 1979–2009 »