"A $15 minimum wage is not a radical idea," said Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders on Twitter recently. Some states have a much higher minimum wage than others, and some cities are even higher than the rest of their states. Because so many states have their own, higher minimum wage, relatively few American workers make the federal minimum wage. More than half of states -- 29 -- have a minimum wage higher than $7.25 and 45 cities have a minimum wage higher than their state, according to the Economic Policy Institute . A number of massive companies -- Amazon and Target -- under public pressure from activists, have committed to their own $15 minimum wage.

Source: CNN February 22, 2021 12:00 UTC