Federal Minimum Wage

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
FMW
Pronunciation
/ˈfɛdərəl ˈmɪnəməm weɪʤ/
Category
Miscellaneous
Related Field
Unclassified

Examples in Context

  1. The buying power of the federal minimum wage rate is at its lowest point since 1949.
  2. The US federal minimum wage is low by historic standards.
  3. Tonight, lets declare that in the wealthiest nation on Earth, no one who works full-time should have to live in poverty, and raise the federal minimum wage to $ 9.00 an hour.
  4. Today, the federal minimum wage is worth about 20 percent less than it was when Ronald Reagan first stood here.
  5. Nevertheless, it would be wrong to elevate the fight over intern pay to the level of seriousness accorded to the ongoing debate over raising the federal minimum wage.

Other meanings of FMW