of or relating to a minimum wage.
minimum-wage demands.
paid or earning a minimum wage.
a minimum-wage worker.
paying a minimum wage.
a minimum-wage job.
First recorded in 1855–60
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California’s statewide minimum wage is set to rise next year.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Jerry Brown signed into law a first-in-the-nation plan to gradually boost the state’s hourly minimum wage to $15 an hour, then adjust the wage annually based on inflation starting in 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
"Young people who take up part-time work on minimum wage earn £100 less than those claiming sickness benefits", is the Times' top story.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
Foreign farmworkers, he said, routinely worked seven days a week, skipped lunch breaks to maximise piece-rate earnings and were often paid below the national minimum wage.
From Barron's ● Jul. 26, 2026
The pay was just above minimum wage, which suited me fine.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
Hare coursers were linked to crimes involving significant sums of money, says Lacks-Kelly, not "minimum-wage crimes".
From BBC ● Jul. 25, 2026
She was facing a demand to repay £37,000 while supporting herself through her studies in a minimum-wage job.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2026
I retired early when my father passed away, took a minimum-wage part-time job, and assumed caregiving.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 10, 2026
The same is true for the five other states—all in the South—that don’t have minimum-wage laws.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 6, 2026
“I don’t need help from nobody, okay? And that li’l minimum-wage job your pops gave me didn’t make nothing happen. I got tired of choosing between lights and food.”
From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
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