In the Midwest, Minnesota has the highest tipped wage at $11.13 per hour, followed by Illinois ($9.00), Missouri ($6.88) and Ohio ($5.35). Below is a state-by-state map of the tipped minimum wage ...

Gretchen Whitmer has signed a compromise that scales back paid sick leave and wages for tipped workers in an effort to appease businesses following a minimum wage hike Members of a Senate ...

minimum wage is higher, which puts the average US minimum wage at $11.59 per hour. Still, minimum wage earners need to work an impossible number of hours to afford the average rent for an apartment.