Minimum Wage Practice

The minimum wage is....

• The lowest legal hourly wage an employer can pay an employee

• how much an employer wants to pay their employees

• A suggestion for some employers, on how much they should set their lowest wage

• the total amount of money and employees required to make each year

The Federal or minimum wage for the United States is

• $7.25

• $5.15

• $15

• $17.29

A living wage is...

• A wage that allows an individual to support their most basic needs, including housing, food, healthcare, and transportation

• A wage your employer things is enough to live off of

• Any wage that an individual receives for their work

• Enough money to support an individual for one week.

The current minimum wage in the state of Colorado is...

• $13.65

• $8.25

• $5.15

• $17.29

The current minimum wage in the city and county of Denver is

• $17.29

• $7.25

• $13.50

• $15

A poverty wage is...

• When an individual works a full-time job and still lives below the United States, poverty line ($13.900 per yr)

• When an individual works, but still lives in poverty

• No wage given, so an individual still lives in poverty even after working.

• A poverty wage is the lowest minimum wage an individual can earn

the last time the United States raised its minimum wage was in ...

• 2002

• 2005

• 2015

• 2009

Colorado and Denver have a higher minimum wage because

• The people of the city and state voted for it

• they have the same minimum wage as the United States

• The president required it

• The governor created a new law

Current efforts to raise the minimum wage, advocate that the minimum wage be raised to

• $22

• $15

• $12

• $10.10

SHOULD THE MINIMUM WAGE BE RAISED IN THE UNITED STATES?

• YES

• NO