Discover which U.S. states raised minimum wage in 2026 and how much you could earn. Learn the new rates and implications for ...

Twenty-two states will raise their minimum wage in 2026, while 20 states will remain at the $7.25 federal minimum wage.

Indexed earnings are SSA calculations that adjust lifetime wages for inflation. Discover how they affect Social Security ...

New Jersey lawmakers are moving to strengthen enforcement of the state’s wage laws with a bill that would make certain ...

Telluride Ski Resort patrollers are striking for higher wages, part of a movement across the West in communities that have ...

US December payrolls rise 50,000, less than consensus estimates. The jobless rate edged down to 4.4% after the government ...

SPRINGFIELD As 2025 ends, the Illinois Department of Labor (IDOL) is proud to share a year of impactful enforcement actions ...

The Department of Education will begin garnishing wages of those with defaulted federal student loans starting in January. The Trump administration announced in May that it would resume collections on ...

The Education Department said Tuesday that it will resume garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers who are in default starting early next year. The department said it expects the first notices ...

Starting the week of Jan. 7, the Education Department will begin sending notices about paycheck deductions to about 1,000 of five million borrowers in default. By Emmett Lindner The Trump ...

Out of the 50 largest metropolitan areas, the Philadelphia region is where minimum-wage earners must work the most hours to afford rent. Two workers who make Pennsylvania’s $7.25 minimum hourly wage ...

Section 1. Statutory Pay Systems. The rates of basic pay or salaries of the statutory pay systems (as defined in 5 U.S.C. 5302(1)), as adjusted under 5 U.S.C. 5303, are set forth on the schedules ...