As the New Year begins, we discovered the minimum wage will reach to $15 an hour Minimum wage is the lowest wage paid permitted to be paid, the US has the lowest minimum wages to be paid in any advanced democracy, its a factor in our poverty rates. In fact the federal minimum wage changed 10 times and 7.25 is the current minimum **run on sentences and take the 1st person**wage seen July 24, 2009. Over 79.9 millions workers at the age 16 and older in the United States are paid at hourly rates and 58.7 percent of all wage are salary workers. Add in another sentence to explain what this means to students.Throughout the years, the minimum wage is going up all over states because New Jersey is now $8.25. Even our local store target raised their minimum wage to $11 and promises $15 an hour by 2020. So 2020 we are hoping a change the minimum wage would be $15 dollars. Knowing that the minimum wage is going up would help out families who are struggling with bills and taking care of themselves and others. Again make sure you are taking out the 1st person narrative.