Increases in the minimum wage are being proposed,debated, and passed across the United States. In 2016, and recent York State and California significantly increased their state minimum wage,and the recent rate will reach $15 per hour in 2022 in California, $15 per hour in 2018 in recent York City, or $12.50 an hour in recent York State in 2020.1 Research in 2014 suggested that increases in the minimum wage could reduce poverty,including poverty among lesbian, gay, and bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) people. This research brief predicts that raising the federal minimum wage from its current level of $7.25 to $15 an hour would reduce LGBT poverty by one-third for male same-sex couples and by nearly one-half for female same-sex couples. nearly 30000 people in same-sex couples would see their incomes rise above the federal poverty level.
Source: ucla.edu