Annual trend

Congressional inaction and absent automatic indexing kept the federal minimum wage at $7.25.

• ↗Murphy Introduces Landmark Bill to Raise Minimum Wage to 25 Dollars Nationwidehttps://www.murphy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/murphy-introduces-landmark-bill-to-raise-minimum-wage-to-25-dollars-nationwide
• ↗The Federal Minimum Wage: Indexationhttps://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R44667
• ↗The U.S. differs from most other countries in how it sets its minimum wagehttps://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/05/20/the-u-s-differs-from-most-other-countries-in-how-it-sets-its-minimum-wage/

The Fair Minimum Wage Act phased in three increases, lifting the wage floor through 2009.

• ↗Federal minimum wage will increase to $7.25 on July 24https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/esa/esa20090716?lang=en
• ↗H.R.2206 - 110th Congress (2007-2008): U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/2206/summary/35

A 1996 federal law ordered two increases, raising the wage floor through 1997.

• ↗H.R.3448 - 104th Congress (1995-1996): Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996https://www.congress.gov/bill/104th-congress/house-bill/3448/summary/01
• ↗Notice And Posting Systemhttps://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/pay-systems/federal-wage-system/minimum-wage/notice-and-posting-system/

The 1989 labor law mandated two increases, lifting the federal wage floor through 1991.

• ↗H.R.2710 - 101st Congress (1989-1990): Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1989https://www.congress.gov/bill/101st-congress/house-bill/2710
• ↗Remarks on Signing the Fair Labor Standards Amendments of 1989https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-signing-the-fair-labor-standards-amendments-1989