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Here’s what’s considered a “living wage” in Lexington and statewide in Kentucky as of the start of 2025. Getty Images Kentucky’s minimum wage is less than half what a Lexington resident ...

A yearly salary at that rate equals an hourly rate of $10.26, $3.01 more than the federal minimum wage of $7.25, but well below the average hourly wage of $35.61 for the United States.

During the Trump administration, it climbed just 7.6%. In general, lower-wage workers across the economy have seen some of the largest pay gains since the start of the pandemic.

For many Californians, the phrase “low-wage worker” undoubtedly conjures a couple of very specific images: a kid grinding through a summer job, or a farmworker sweating in the heat of a planting or ...