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The article looks at employment in the U.S. as of 2013, focusing on workers who earn the minimum wage or less. It provides figures on the share of workers earning the minimum wage or below who are under age 25. It discusses other demographic characteristics of minimum-wage workers, including race and ethnicity, educational attainment, marital status, occupational and industrial category, and geographic location. It offers information on trends in the share of U.S. workers earning at or below the minimum wage. A sidebar is included with information about state minimum wage laws.

The article presents questions and answers related to the minimum wage. The article discusses the minimum wage in relation to workers who are tipped in the course of their employment. The article discusses to whom the minimum wage applies according to the size of businesses that are required to pay a minimum wage according to the Fair Labor Standards Act.

This article presents estimates by the U.S. Congressional Budget Office of the economic effect of the Fair Minimum Wage Act amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act. The cost to the federal government is discussed as well as the intergovernmental and private sector impact of the proposed minimum wage.