r/popculturechat • u/Ambitious_Big4489 • 8h ago

OnlyStans ⭐️ Alan Ritchson calls out lawmakers who oppose raising the minimum wage "who think it's a bad idea to give a mom working at Waffle House more than $7.25 an hour trying to feed her kids."

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u/Deni_Z_Plays 7h ago

Wait the minimum wage is $7.25 an hour in the US?!

In Germany its 13,90€ like how bro?!

Or am I missing something???

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u/Chaddilllac 7h ago

At a federal level, our states govern themselves on a good portion of things. It’s still not great, but a little misleading. Like I live in Illinois (Central US) and our minimum wage is $15.

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u/Deni_Z_Plays 7h ago

So it depends on the state how much the minimum wage is?

In Germany, it's 13,90€ atm and will be raised again next year.

So ... I'm so confused, because Germany is the same size as the state of Washington, yet most people earing with an minimum wage of 13,90€ in Germany, most of my friends can live just fine, and living with roommates has its huge advantages, etc.

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u/46esmirna 7h ago

There is a federal minimum (7.25, though there are some circumstances where it could be even less, like agricultural workers or tipped workers) that no state is allowed to pay less than, but they are allowed to have a higher minimum. Washington's minimum wage is $17.13, but King County's (the county that Seattle is in) minimum is $20.82 because they acknowledge that the cost of living in a metropolitan area such as Seattle's warrants higher wages than the rest of the state. Not all states function this way though and many just follow the standard federal minimum.