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Unhappy Anniversary: Federal Minimum Wage Remains Unchanged for Eighth Straight Year, Falls to 56-Year Low Relative to the Average Wage

Report • By Daphne Kenyon • September 1, 2005

Issue Brief #215

Unhappy Anniversary

Federal Minimum Wage Remains Unchanged for Eighth Straight Year, Falls to 56-Year Low Relative to the Average Wage

By Jared Bernstein (EPI) and Isaac Shapiro (CBPP)

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