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On June 1, 2023, B.C.'s lowest-paid workers will get a pay boost when the general minimum wage increases from $15.65 to $16.75 an hour. The 6.9% increase on Thursday, June 1, 2023, also applies to minimum-wage rates for resident caretakers, live-in home-support workers and live-in camp leaders.

From 2017 to 2018, the number of minimum wage workers increased by 617,500 (+60.7%), boosting their proportion to 10.4% of all employees. This growth coincided with significant increases to the minimum wage in several provinces across Canada.

Wages are different from salaries. Wages usually concern unskilled or semi-skilled persons; these are paid on a daily or weekly basis and are paid based on hours/days spent or the number of units produced. The three main prevalent Wage systems include Time Wage System, Piece Wage System, and Incentive Wage System.

United States It ranges from as low as US$7.25 (CAD$9.69) in places like Alabama to as high as US$15.50 (CAD$20.72) in California. In April, the federal minimum wage also increased to US$16.65 (CAD$22.26) per hour. Canada places just below the US when it comes to the highest minimum wages around the world.

We show that that 8.8 percent of all workers earn the minimum wage. Further, we find that 7.7 percent of all minimum wage earners in Canada live in households that are below the LICO after taxes and transfers. This means that 92.3 percent of minimum wage earners live in households that are above the LICO.

Minimum wage research summary. There are at least 1.6 million Americans (or 1.9% of all hourly paid workers) who earn less than or equal to the federal minimum wage as of 2023.

The evidence for Canada suggests that higher minimum wages lead to lower turn- over rates, meaning workers are more likely to have higher-paying and more stable jobs. This may be because a higher minimum wage reduces the incentive for firms to operate on a low-wage, high-turnover model.