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Figure A

Note: All values are in June 2019 dollars, adjusted using the CPI-U-RS.

Source: Reproduced from Figure C in David Cooper, Elise Gould, and Ben Zipperer, Low-Wage Workers Are Suffering from a Decline in the Real Value of the Federal Minimum Wage (Economic Policy Institute, August 2019), EPI analysis of historical minimum wage data in the Fair Labor Standards Act and amendments

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