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Graphs of the US minimum wage from 1938

Graphs of the US minimum wage from 1938 to the present. If you take inflation into account, it’s been falling pretty steadily since 1968. But also note that number of people directly affected by the minimum wage has declined as well to just over 2% of workers. (via rb)