Synonyms of minimum wage

minimum wage

noun

as in wage

an amount of money that is the least amount of money per hour that workers must be paid according to the law

Congress will vote on a bill to raise the minimum wage.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• wage
• salary
• living wage
• nominal wages
• pay envelope
• pay
• take-home pay
• overtime
• payment
• double time
• paycheck
• stipend
• emolument
• hire
• time and a half
• earnings
• redress
• compensation
• restitution
• repayment
• reimbursement
• reparation
• return
• remittance
• packet
• recompense
• profit
• remuneration
• recoupment
• yield
• takings
• requital

Examples of minimum wage in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

States that do follow the federal minimum wage, including Mississippi and Texas, have an outsized share of low-wage workers compared to the rest of the nation. —Courtenay Brown, Axios, 10 Sep. 2024

Advertisement The proposal originally sought to increase the minimum wage to $25 an hour by 2023, with $1 boosts every year after, to reach $30 by 2028. —Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024

Many tipped workers earn less than the minimum wage, and thus earn the lion’s share of their income from tips. —Kenneth Schrupp | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 Sep. 2024

The federal minimum wage has now been stuck at $7.25 per hour for 15 years. —Lorie Konish, CNBC, 16 Aug. 2024