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4 sourced facts about salaries, wages and workplace pay, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
Answerabout 85%
Women earned about 85% of what men earned in 2024 on an unadjusted basis, up from 81% in 2003, though the gap hasn't closed entirely.
Source: Wikipedia (Gender pay gap in the United States) (2024) en.wikipedia.org
Answerabout 1-2%
By 2019, only about 1-2% of hourly workers earned at or below the federal minimum wage — most states and employers now pay more.
Source: Wikipedia (Minimum wage in the United States) (2019) en.wikipedia.org
Answer22 states plus D.C.
As of July 2025, 22 states and Washington, D.C. set minimum wages above the federal $7.25 floor, with D.C.'s $17.50/hour the highest in the country.
Source: Wikipedia (Minimum wage in the United States) (2025) en.wikipedia.org
Answerabout 300 times
The CEO-to-worker pay ratio peaked at nearly 300-to-1 around 2000, up from roughly 24-to-28-to-1 in the 1960s and '70s.
Source: Wikipedia (Executive compensation in the United States) (2022) en.wikipedia.org