$2.95
Value of minimum wage (in 1999 dollars) in 1938
$6.76
Value of minimum wage (in 1999 dollars) in 1974
$5.99
Value of minimum wage (in 1999 dollars) in 2000
234
Number of times higher CEO pay is than average pay in the United States.
10 to 20
Number of times higher CEO pay is than average pay in other industrialized nations.
74
Number of cents the average American woman earns for every $1 the average American man earns
63
Number of cents the average black woman earns for every $1 the average white man earns
54
Number of cents the average Hispanic woman earns for every $1 the average white man earns
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