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4 sourced facts about wages, income and pay in the United States, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
Answersince 2009 (16 years)
Even so, 22 states plus D.C. had set their own minimum wage higher than the federal rate by mid-2025.
Source: Wikipedia (Minimum wage in the United States) (2025) en.wikipedia.org
Answer86%
That was up slightly from 85% two years earlier, in the third quarter of 2019.
Source: Wikipedia (Gender pay gap in the United States) (2021) en.wikipedia.org
Answer$17.2 million
Over the 1978–2018 period, top CEO pay rose over 940% while typical worker pay grew just 11.9%.
Source: Wikipedia (Executive compensation in the United States) (2018) en.wikipedia.org
Answerabout 95%
The gap narrows a lot once those factors are accounted for, though it doesn't fully close.
Source: Pew Research Center (via Wikipedia) (2024) en.wikipedia.org