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Table Ba4422-4425 - Federal minimum wage rates under the Fair Labor Standards Act and amendments: 1938-1997

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  1938 Fair Labor Standards Act 1961 amendments 1966 and subsequent amendments
Nonfarm workers Farm workers
Row Year Date Dollars per hour Dollars per hour Dollars per hour Dollars per hour
1 1938 Oct 24 0.25 ---- ---- ----
2 1939 Oct 24 0.30 ---- ---- ----
3 1949 Oct 24 0.40 ---- ---- ----
4 1950 Jan 25 0.75 ---- ---- ----
5 1956 Mar 1 1.00 ---- ---- ----
6 1961 Sep 3 1.15 1.00 ---- ----
7 1963 Sep 3 1.25 ---- ---- ----
8 1964 Sep 3 ---- 1.15 ---- ----
9 1965 Sep 3 ---- 1.25 ---- ----
10 1967 Feb 1 1.40 1.40 1.00 1.00
11 1968 Feb 1 1.60 1.60 1.15 1.15
12 1969 Feb 1 ---- ---- 1.30 1.30
13 1970 Feb 1 ---- ---- 1.45 ----
14 1971 Feb 1 ---- ---- 1.60 ----
15 1974 May 1 2.00 2.00 1.90 1.60
16 1975 Jan 1 2.10 2.10 2.00 1.80
17 1976 Jan 1 2.30 2.30 2.20 2.00
18 1977 Jan 1 ---- ---- 2.30 2.20
19 1978 Jan 1 2.65 2.65 2.65 2.65
20 1979 Jan 1 2.90 2.90 2.90 2.90
21 1980 Jan 1 3.10 3.10 3.10 3.10
22 1981 Jan 1 3.35 3.35 3.35 3.35
23 1990 Apr 1 3.80 3.80 3.80 3.80
24 1991 Apr 1 4.25 4.25 4.25 4.25
25 1996 Oct 1 4.75 4.75 4.75 4.75
26 1997 Sep 1 1 5.15 5.15 5.15 5.15



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