Sample sentences for MINIMUM WAGE

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Definition

the lowest wage that an employer is allowed to pay — usually determined by law, but could be by union or other contract

State minimum wage rates are higher in California than in Texas.

I didn't know the minimum wage was a dollar twenty-five,
Kathryn Stockett -- The Help

minimum wage = lowest wage an employer is allowed to pay by law

How we too scared to ask for minimum wage.
Kathryn Stockett -- The Help

minimum wage = lowest amount per hour an employer is allowed to pay by law

Five years and not even minimum wage.
Kathryn Stockett -- The Help

minimum wage = lowest wage an employer is allowed to pay by law

There's $213 left in Molly's savings account from the minimum-wage job she had last summer scooping ice cream in Bar Harbor.
Christina Baker Kline -- Orphan Train
I can give you twenty-five hours a week at the minimum wage.
Stephen King -- The Shining
Max's parents split up before he was born and his mother cleans motel rooms for minimum wage.
Christina Garcia -- Dreaming in Cuban
30 an hour, less than the minimum wage.
Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner -- Freakonomics
Immigrants like herself, she says, work hard at jobs no American wants to do, at least not for minimum wage with no health benefits or paid vacation time.
Sonia Nazario -- Enrique's Journey
Before you know it, you'll be working for him at minimum wage while he can hardly walk from the weight in his pockets.
Markus Zusak -- The Book Thief
You find out what minimum wage is, and I'll pay two bucks more per hour.
Carl Deuker -- Gym Candy
The Minimum Wage and the Juvenile Delinquent.
John Gardner -- The Sunlight Dialogues
This seems to be no longer true, for government agencies channel only as many laborers as are needed, and some kind of minimum wage is maintained.
John Steinbeck -- Travels with Charley
Getting sent out meant the minimum wage—minus Uncle Sam's share—for as many hours as you were needed.
Octavia Butler -- Kindred
It pays minimum wage, and the work sucks, but beggars cannot be choosers.
Ellen Hopkins -- Glass
:\round here, there are a lot of minimum-wage-type jobs that don't pay much more than daycare costs, so why bother?
Gaby Rodriguez -- The Pregnancy Project
After travel expenses and entry fees, he probably would have been better off working minimum wage.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Longest Ride
Tell him to offer minimum wage.
Nicholas Sparks -- The Lucky One
Quite a lot more than the minimum wage.
Jojo Moyes -- Me Before You
5 million fast food workers are by far the largest group of minimum wage earners in the United States.
Eric Schlosser -- Fast Food Nation

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