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Most action to raise minimum wage is at state and local level, not in Congress | Pew Research Center
![Minimum Wage Workers in Oklahoma – 2017 : Southwest Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Minimum Wage Workers in Oklahoma – 2017 : Southwest Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics](https://www.bls.gov/regions/southwest/images/48456.gif)
Minimum Wage Workers in Oklahoma – 2017 : Southwest Information Office : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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$15 minimum wage in charts: History of U.S. federal minimum wage, state_by-state comparison, other countries and by industry | Fortune
![The minimum wage has lost 21% of its value since Congress last raised the wage | Economic Policy Institute The minimum wage has lost 21% of its value since Congress last raised the wage | Economic Policy Institute](https://files.epi.org/uploads/LongestPeriod2021-ChartUpdate2.png)
The minimum wage has lost 21% of its value since Congress last raised the wage | Economic Policy Institute
![Labor Day 2019 | Low-wage workers are suffering from a decline in the real value of the federal minimum wage | Economic Policy Institute Labor Day 2019 | Low-wage workers are suffering from a decline in the real value of the federal minimum wage | Economic Policy Institute](https://files.epi.org/charts/img/173034-21914.png)