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Publication Date: December 2008
Publisher: Economic Opportunity Institute
Author(s):
Research Area: Labor
Keywords: cost of living increase; minimum wage
Type: Fact sheet
Coverage: Washington
Abstract:
Even with the highest minimum wage in the nation, full-time minimum wage workers in Washington state earn just enough to stay above the federal poverty line--and far less than required for a basic family budget.