Comments by "John h Palmer" (@johnhpalmer6098) on "CNBC"
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@joe42m13 Yep, even on the west coast, in working class, rural counties, the minimum wage is now $15-17/Hr at many retail operations. Mind you, likely not guaranteed FT. But it's a way to FILL the job, otherwise it'll go begging. in 2018, it was found that the county I live in was needing to raise incomes and did so kicking and screaming. One company was asking for a lot of skills, then asking something like $12.50/Hr, had a time fulfilling the position, and was told by a temping agency to either reduce expectations or raise the income or preferably both. Not sure if they ever did or got the position fulfilled or not. But the deed was done, and most places now are asking well above the state minimum wage, which still is not to $15/Hr I don't think yet.
Much of the working class type of jobs that used to reside in factories etc are increasingly in retail/office environments as technology has invaded most jobs, even in the factories you need to know how to work many machines that once didn't exist in the past.
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