Survey for the 37th Senatorial District
Pennsylvania’s minimum wage is currently $7.25 per hour, the lowest among surrounding states.
However, the number of minimum wage workers has steadily fallen in Pennsylvania to an estimated 47,200 workers, less than 1.5% of all hourly workers. Further, this data set does not include tips, therefore the number of workers making minimum wage or less is likely much lower.
Several bills have been introduced in recent years to increase Pennsylvania’s minimum wage.
As chair of the Labor and Industry Committee, where a minimum wage bill would initially be considered in the Senate, I would like to hear your thoughts:
Thank you for taking this survey and sharing your opinion with me. If you have neighbors who you think would like to weigh in on this topic, please feel free to forward this survey to them!
Thank you,
Devlin J. Robinson
Senator, 37th District