![Here's How Raising the Minimum Wage Would Affect Everything from Household Incomes to the National Debt Here's How Raising the Minimum Wage Would Affect Everything from Household Incomes to the National Debt](https://www.pgpf.org/sites/default/files/minimum-wage-chart-1.jpg)
Here's How Raising the Minimum Wage Would Affect Everything from Household Incomes to the National Debt
![Service Employees International Union (SEIU) – Fighting for Unions for All so every worker can bargain for a better life. Service Employees International Union (SEIU) – Fighting for Unions for All so every worker can bargain for a better life.](https://d3jpbvtfqku4tu.cloudfront.net/blog/000-thinner.png)
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) – Fighting for Unions for All so every worker can bargain for a better life.
![With Support of Just 3 Republicans, House Democrats Pass 'Historic' Raise the Wage Act to Guarantee Workers $15 Minimum Wage With Support of Just 3 Republicans, House Democrats Pass 'Historic' Raise the Wage Act to Guarantee Workers $15 Minimum Wage](https://www.commondreams.org/media-library/in-recent-years-the-grassroots-fight-for-15-movement-has-organized-strikes-and-demonstrations-across-the-united-states-photo.jpg?id=32148248&width=1200&height=600&coordinates=0%2C24%2C0%2C0)
With Support of Just 3 Republicans, House Democrats Pass 'Historic' Raise the Wage Act to Guarantee Workers $15 Minimum Wage
![REP. ADRIANO ESPAILLAT AND 180 DEMOCRATS UNVEIL THE RAISE THE WAGE ACT OF 2019 | Rep. Adriano Espaillat REP. ADRIANO ESPAILLAT AND 180 DEMOCRATS UNVEIL THE RAISE THE WAGE ACT OF 2019 | Rep. Adriano Espaillat](https://espaillat.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/espaillat.house.gov/files/styles/evo_featured_image/public/featured_image/1in9isv1FB.png?h=f405c703&itok=mdh_YiIJ)
REP. ADRIANO ESPAILLAT AND 180 DEMOCRATS UNVEIL THE RAISE THE WAGE ACT OF 2019 | Rep. Adriano Espaillat
![Most action to raise minimum wage is at state and local level, not in Congress | Pew Research Center Most action to raise minimum wage is at state and local level, not in Congress | Pew Research Center](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/FT_21.03.02_MinimumWage_1.png?w=420)
Most action to raise minimum wage is at state and local level, not in Congress | Pew Research Center
![Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2025 would lift the pay of 32 million workers: A demographic breakdown of affected workers and the impact on poverty, wages, and inequality | Economic Policy Institute Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2025 would lift the pay of 32 million workers: A demographic breakdown of affected workers and the impact on poverty, wages, and inequality | Economic Policy Institute](https://files.epi.org/charts/img/221597-27123.png)
Raising the federal minimum wage to $15 by 2025 would lift the pay of 32 million workers: A demographic breakdown of affected workers and the impact on poverty, wages, and inequality | Economic Policy Institute
![Rep. Suzan DelBene on Twitter: "It's time to increase the federal minimum wage for the first time in more than a decade & that's why I'm supporting the Raise the Wage Act! Rep. Suzan DelBene on Twitter: "It's time to increase the federal minimum wage for the first time in more than a decade & that's why I'm supporting the Raise the Wage Act!](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EsxaKDSW8AIaAKZ.jpg:large)