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Idahoans Not Wooed by Washington Minimum Wage

Item: Higher wage does not draw Idaho workers across border /Becky Kramer, Spokesman-Review

More Info: Theoretically, Idaho’s entry-level workers should be swarming across the state line in search of higher pay. The fact that they aren’t suggests market forces have already pared the $2 per hour discrepancy in the two states’ minimum wages. At Zip’s Drive-In in Post Falls, the starting wage for employees runs about $7.25 per hour.

Question: What’s the lowest wage you’ve ever worked for?

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog