Minimum Wage
Posted December 19, 2014
Vermont’s minimum wage 40 years ago—almost $9.50 an hour in 1970, in 2012 dollars—was worth a dollar more than it was last year. In 2005, Vermont became one of a few states to tie its minimum wage to inflation.* This policy has helped low-wage workers, but has not made up the ground lost in the 1970s and 1980s.
