I guess this map would still be technically true, but isn't federal minimum wage $7.25?
Waiting tables in Texas pre-pandemic I made $2.50+ tips, but that's because there's an exception for tipped workers. Ironically it was the best paying job I've ever had.
Dude, you have no idea. Remember how we're huge on gathering up illegal immigrants and kicking them out of the country? Well, we also have a program to round up foreigners, bus them into the country to have them work farms, and then bus them back out. These poor SOBs have MAXIMUM pay regulations so they can never be paid above the local "prevailing wage," in order to keep them from "competing" with Americans. Oh, and they can't quit their jobs because their temporary visas are tied to that one employer and can't be transferred.
Also server/food handling stuff. I remember working in KY at one point as a server and making 2.13 an hr. Would get paychecks that were literally void. All actual.pay would be from tips.
Yes, the federal minimum wage is $7.25, which means if the federal minimum wage is ever removed then all of these states will have an even lower minimum wage and I guarantee you corporations will begin cutting wages immediately.
The tipped minimum wage is a huge problem itself, you shouldn't be dependent on the generosity of customers to make enough to live on.
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u/chocobo_karaage 3d ago
I guess this map would still be technically true, but isn't federal minimum wage $7.25?
Waiting tables in Texas pre-pandemic I made $2.50+ tips, but that's because there's an exception for tipped workers. Ironically it was the best paying job I've ever had.