Assertion: minimum wage | /r/HasProperty | equal
Facets:
value: in 2014
type: TEMPORAL
value: practically
type: DEGREE
value: in 1968
type: TEMPORAL
value: to the federal minimum wage
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The minimum wage in South Carolina, $7.25 per hour, is equal to the federal minimum wage, as the state has no wage laws of its own.
text: A chart from The Economic Policy Institute shows how the actual minimum wage has fallen far behind the growth of the economy compared to 50 years ago, when they were practically equal.
text: In 1968, the federal minimum wage was equal to roughly half the wage of the typical U.S. worker: 53.0 percent of the average hourly earnings of production workers, and 52.1 percent of the median wage of all full-time workers.
text: In 2014, the minimum wage was equal to just over one-third of the wage of the typical worker: 35.2 percent of the average production worker wage, and 37.1 percent of the median wage of all full-time workers.