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Baristas are making $20/hr now? Shit, I may have to go back to slinging lattes. I was making a little over minimum when I was working at coffee shops 20 years ago.
In some places $20 is just over minimum wage these days. But you couldn't afford to live in those places on $20/hr.
Wait what? $20 for minimum wage? In what universe? Am I being gaslit? What's going on here?
Seattle minimum wage is $19.97 and it goes up every year. Though it's $17.25 for small businesses if you get tips or they pay for medical benefits.
https://www.seattle.gov/laborstandards/ordinances/minimum-wage
I'm curious if businesses actually get health insurance for the employees for $275 a month (difference / hour with 40 hour work weeks) and how the quality of the package they get compared to what the employees could get themselves for $275/month.
I'm not familiar with the various healthcare types in America though.