A $15.00 Federal Minimum Wage: Who Would Benefit?

The recent surge of state and local campaigns for a $15.00 minimum wage has reached the national stage: Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders is calling for a $15.00 federal minimum wage, a more than doubling of its current $7.25 per hour level. This report shows that a $15.00 minimum wage has the potential to deliver raises to 65 million workers— more than two-fifths (44 percent) of the U.S. workforce.