January 24, 2002
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What is the minimum wage in your area? Do you think it is too high? too low? just right?

I think it is $5.15, and that is way too low. The poverty level is rising because employers don't pay their staff enough.

Melodi, 19
Gahanna
, OH   USA

The minimum wage in this rural area is $5.25 an hour.  Unfortunately, we are becoming a bedroom community for NYC and housing costs are far too high for one wage earner to support three people on a 40 hour week.

Jill, 61
Saylorsburg
, PA  USA

I think it's $6.95, but when I was being mistreated at Blockbuster they paid us $7. I'm poor so I think it's too low, but...I mean, it's a whole pile better then what people were paid a hundred years ago. I still think my tallents are worth more. Well, maybe not at Blockbuster, but whatever.

Keri-Jade,, 21
Brampton, Ontarioes CANADA

I don't know, $5 or $6 or something. Is it $5.65, still, or has it gone up? Anyway, I think whether it's good or bad depends on your life situation--how much you need to get by and to satisfy you and all.

Karen, 22
Ames
, IA   USA

I think it's about $7 an hour. This isn't anything to make a living off of but it's certainly more than enough for a kid's first job.

Alias Irrelevante

The legal minimum is around $5.15 or $5.25. In practice in this area the typical person working at Burger King is making $7-$8/hr.

Felicia, 35
Lowell
, MA   USA

$5.25...and I guess it's okay. I'm trying to find a job that I can pay for an apartment, groceries, etc. with though, and minimum wage just isn't going to do that.

Angela, 18
Bella Vista
, AR  USA

the minumum wage for my area is $5.50, i think it's alright for younger people but for people who are trying to make a living, it's too low.

Tannis

I think min. wage is up to $5.50 now. I peronally think its about right but could be moved up some. I remember when I was 15 (my first job) and I got $4.25 an hour min. wage. Now that was 10 years ago and it has only gone up $1.25. I think it should go along with the changing economy, which they say it does, but if a meal at a fast food restaurant is at average $4.5o, people have to work an hour to eat a meal, and that doesn't include the taxes that come out of it. Makes ya think. I'm glad I don't get min. wage anymore. I like to eat.

Stephanie, 25
TX  USA

Minimum wage is $5.75 I believe. I think this is too low. Minimum wage should be at least $6.25.

Katie2, 18
Detroit
, MI   USA

Ummm... I don't really know. Sorry.

Derya

I don't know for sure, but I think it's either $5.75, or $6. I feel that it's far too low, but then that's probably why I have a job where I make more than that.

Nicci, 27
Las Vegas
, NV   USA

Minimum wage is $5.75 I believe. I think this is too low. Minimum wage should be at least $6.25.

Katie2, 18
Ann Arbor
, MI   USA

It is the same as the Federal Minimum wage, $5.15 an hour. I believe this too low, unless you are a teenager working a part time job outside of going to school. These days, I don't see how anyone can have live on $5.15 an hour. You see help wanted posters all around though, and most are much more than the minimum wage, so it probably doesn't affect what a person makes anyway.

Kevin, 33
Sugar Hill
, GA  USA

$8.00 an hour. I think it's okay for people with little experience..but the ones that have experience yes it's too low.

Christina
MI   USA

I'm not sure what it is, but I know it's a lot less than what I make, and I don't see how people live off of it.

Firelady, 23
Dallas
, TX   USA

Oregon's minimum wage is $6.50 per hour. It is probably about right for the unskilled jobs that pay minimum wage, but it isn't enough for someone trying to support a family.

Jane, 62
West Linn
, OR   USA

I have no idea. Does it vary from state to state?

Janet, 44
E. Brunswick
, NJ  USA

I am not sure what the minimum wage is in my area. It's been a long time since I made minimum wage.

Celeste, 30
Colorado Springs
, CO  USA

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