The Effects on Employment and Family Income of Increasing the Federal Minimum Wage

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The federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour for most workers. In this report, CBO examines how increasing the federal minimum wage to $10, $12, or $15 per hour by 2025 would affect employment and family income.

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Corrections and Updates

On November 7, 2019, CBO reposted this report with some revised values for changes in real income, earnings, and employment. The revisions do not materially affect CBO’s estimates of the effects of increasing the federal minimum wage on employment and income.