I was just curious what minimum wage was around the world. I think it would be interesting to see how much it changes.
Here, in Ontario, it is $9.50 an hour.
Here, in Ontario, it is $9.50 an hour.
Same for Louisiana.Originally Posted by strange_wings
My state has no minimum wage laws listing amounts, thus uses the federal minimum wage. It's $6.55 now and will go up to $7.25 (iirc) in July.
Sounds low, but Kansas is worse. Theirs is $2.65 until Jan. 2010 when it will go up to $7.25.
So basically a year ago you were making more than minimum wage, but now you are only making minimum wage? That doesn't seem fair! Have you spoken to your employer and asked why they didn't compensate and keep your wage above the minimum wage one?Originally Posted by RubSluts'Mommy
It's $8.40 here in Oregon. It just went up in January. What kills me is that where i work, I had gotten a raise to above Min. Wage over a year ago. But it was lower than what it currently is. When the Mandatory Cost of Living Increase hit this year, my wage went up... to the new Min. Wage.
For us at $8 an hour, if we work 40 hours/week, it certainly isn't enough for a single person to live independently... much less a single parent! A person would be making $1280 a month, and if 20% is taken out for taxes, social security, etc. then that leaves only $1024. Rent for the apartment I'm in now is $915, which was pretty average for last year when we signed the lease. Now you can rent a comparable apartment for $800. This leaves $224 for utilities, auto maintenance/repair/fuel, groceries, and medical expenses. Assuming you live in a studio that is $700 a month and you can walk or ride a bike to work... that's $324 for utilities, groceries, and medical expenses. You might survive on that if you're frugal, and stay healthy... but you certainly won't have anything left to put into a retirement fund.Originally Posted by SwampWitch
$8.00 an hour in B.C.; it will probably be raised to $10 an hour soon, although the "requirement for a basic living wage" in Vancouver is $16.00 an hour!
http://www.vancouversun.com/Business...684/story.html
Also not adding up is the median housing price here (7.4 times that of the median income).
wow, that really is stunning. I mean..what the heck?!! Here in Maine it's $7.25 I used to live in Washington (state) where it was $8.55. I'd just like to thank the OP for bringing to my attention that I am making less now than the minimum wage back in WA! Sheesh!Originally Posted by Momofmany
Kansas has the lowest minimum wage rate in the country at a whopping $2.65 an hour. Yes you heard it: $2.65 an hour! That was the national rate back in about 1976. They are supposed to go to the national minimum of $7.55 when that is raised soon.
Here's a list by state:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of..._minimum_wages
And what that doesn't take into consideration is that many of those jobs are the first ones to cut back hours when business is slow. At my last stateside job I was making a bit more than minimum, and had insurance for which I paid $120 every month. During slow season they would cut the full-timers back to 32 hours a week. You mght say get an additional job, but how can you when your employer could want you for any shift between 7 and 7 any day of the week?Originally Posted by Going Nova
For us at $8 an hour, if we work 40 hours/week, it certainly isn't enough for a single person to live independently... much less a single parent! A person would be making $1280 a month, and if 20% is taken out for taxes, social security, etc. then that leaves only $1024. Rent for the apartment I'm in now is $915, which was pretty average for last year when we signed the lease. Now you can rent a comparable apartment for $800. This leaves $224 for utilities, auto maintenance/repair/fuel, groceries, and medical expenses. Assuming you live in a studio that is $700 a month and you can walk or ride a bike to work... that's $324 for utilities, groceries, and medical expenses. You might survive on that if you're frugal, and stay healthy... but you certainly won't have anything left to put into a retirement fund.
I know what the answer will be. I've been an assistant store manager elsewhere and it's tough keeping within budget. I work retail, in a high energy fabric store. We have a lot of people, mostly part timers like myself, who come in and work their bee-hinds off keeping up with demand. but it's not like a media store which would have BIG ticket items that help... Yes, we have CHantilly Lace that's $150 a yard, but many folks balk at the 10.99 average price of a yard of fabric. We have full timers as well, and there's insurance, building running costs, etc... A ton of overhead. We aren't a chain, just one big store. and we need lots of folks to run said store. The cost of adding that .15-.25 more per hour would come close to putting them out of business. The owner's daughter (who really is the owner at this rate, Boss Man comes in and says hello, but isn't active anymore) is very involved in many things here. We have, on average, 50-100 employees at any given time. it's just cost prohibitive, period.Originally Posted by Natalie_ca
So basically a year ago you were making more than minimum wage, but now you are only making minimum wage? That doesn't seem fair! Have you spoken to your employer and asked why they didn't compensate and keep your wage above the minimum wage one?