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What state has the highest and the lowest minimum wage? State minimum wages vary widely across the United States, and when given a choice, voters overwhelmingly vote to increase. SPENCER PLATT AFP Fight for 15” gain steam in the United States, the disparities in wages across states for similar work have come to light. Twenty states set their lowest hourly rate paid to workers at the federal minimum, $7.25, which has not changed since 2009. On the high end of the spectrum, Washington DC and California have enacted policies to set their minimum wage at $15 and $14 an hour. Some industries, like food and beverage, are exempt from paying their workers the minimum wage. Many tipped workers in the United States make an hourly wage far below their non-tipped counterparts. In 2017,

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