American life is improving for the lowest paid

And after years of low earnings he collects $13.90 an hour, almost double the state’s minimum rate and better than the grocer’s pay. Elise Gould of the Economic Policy Institute told Congress in March that, in states which put up minimum wages at least once in the five years to 2018, incomes for the poorest rose by an average of 13%. By last year, the poorest 10% were still earning only a miserly 4.1% more per hour than they did (in real wages) 40 years ago.

Source: www.economist.com