What was the federal minimum wage in 1960?
The federal minimum wage for covered nonexempt employees in 1960 was $1.00 per hour. Today, it been said that the 1960 minimum wage is equal to nearly $8.00.
U.S. federal minimum wage provisions are contained in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Also, many states have minimum wage laws.
The first national minimum wage law was enacted by the government of New Zealand in 1894, followed by Australia in 1896 and the United Kingdom in 1909. In the United States, statutory minimum wages were first introduced nationally in 1938.
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28 Comments
Mark Johnson
Compared to $8 an hour today, while the federal minimum wage is 7.25. Pretty damn sad.
cencal
Slave wages any way you cut it
Jacqueline Tattam
Might have been handy to stipulate US..
Maryann Amaro
I had my first real job at an electronic Co in 1963 and they started me off at $1.25
Howard Groopman
Question didn't specify the U.S. I worked for about $1.40 an hour in 1968, so only one choice was possible.
Lupe Hernandez
Albeck1994, Trash collection not included, that charge comes added to water and power bill here in CA.
Rob Farr
No idea, but then I am in Australia ...
Paul Sandvold
1958 59 and 60 I worked at S&P for $1.00 an hour maximum 20 hrs a week
scottlarock
it was somewhere between 2.75 and 3.25 in the early '70s...I believe....that was a long time ago...I know I got 301 a month as an e1 in '73...
Jim Todd
$9.30 in Colorado and up another buck next 3 years with cost of living increases starting in 2021.
Janice Fish
Good question
Albeck1994
And without taxation how would you like your services (police fire ambulance military schools trash collection road works social housing welfare etc etc ) to be paid for. Grow up
Eric Smith
And I thought 7.25 was nothing when I started but 2.00 dollars wow
Mark Johnson
All workers become skilled at something.
Rhonda Wentz Bondurant
Yep
Mark A. Plough
An increase in minimum wage is nothing but a tax increase. There are many reasons why I oppose a minimum wage. One being that if you earn more than minimum wage while the unskilled workers get a minimum wage increase then the skilled and professional types that earn more and do not get an increase are actually taking a pay cut.