Technically, state minimum wage law is $5.15, but it defaults to the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act since it is higher, at $7.25. The last time the minimum wage raised in Georgia was in 2009 ...

Georgia's minimum wage is $5.15 per hour, according to the state's department of labor. However, there are some limited exceptions allowing the federal minimum wage of $7.25 to apply. Under ...

Georgia's minimum wage is $5.15 per hour, according to the state's department of labor. However, there are some limited exceptions allowing the federal minimum wage of $7.25 to apply. Under ...

For roughly 1.4 million people living in Georgia, a person earning minimum wage would need to work nearly four full-time jobs — or over 140 hours a week — to make monthly rent payments.

While the federal minimum wage has been frozen since 2009, 30 states have stepped in to boost wages for their lowest-earning workers, according to the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. That ...

So, while the state minimum wage in both Wyoming and Georgia is only $5.15, eligible employees in those states are still guaranteed pay rates at the higher federal standard.

Before 2025, Minnesota’s minimum wage was $8.85 for small employers and $10.85 for big employers. Starting in the new year, it will be $11.13 across the board – raising the minimum wage by $2. ...

The Black worker share of state and federal employment is highest in Georgia (43.8%), Louisiana (37.6%), Mississippi (34. ... The repeal of the $17.75 minimum wage for federal contractors in ...

The "Dignity and Pay Act" would phase out a decades-old program that allows some employers to pay people with disabilities well below the federal minimum wage, with some receiving as little as 22 ...

Ultraconservative Sen. Josh Hawley introduced a bill with Sen. Peter Welch to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.