Minimum Wage Vocabulary

What do we call the money a person makes from a job, especially if paid hourly?

• minimum
• wage
• bonus
• dollars

People against something.

• opponents
• players
• proponents
• federal

people who fight for something or advocate for something

• opponents
• federal
• employers
• proponents

the least or smallest amount

• most
• maximum
• minimum
• median

relating to a system of government

• minimum
• wage
• federal
• opponents

to become greater or make greater in size

• decrease
• shrink
• maintain
• increase

to make smaller or lesser in amount

• reduce
• increase
• raise
• maintain

become smaller or make smaller in amount

• increase
• poverty
• decrease
• proponents

the state of being unemployed or without a job, but available to work

• proponents
• unemployment
• poverty
• employer

The boss or company who hires and pays a person for work

• employer
• employment
• poverty
• unemployment