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Publication Date: July 2005
Publisher: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
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Research Area: Labor
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This memorandum is in response to your request about the historical relationship between the federal minimum wage and poverty from 1959 to 2005. In particular, you were interested in the annual income a full-time, full-year worker earning the minimum wage would earn relative to the poverty level for a family of three. Released by Congressman Jim McDermott (WA)