Toddsterpatriot, my casual observations throughout my lifetime have always been the extents of minimum wage rateās effect upon jobsā rates are proportional and inversely related to the differences between the minimumās and the jobsā rates; lower rates are more, and higher rates are lesser affected by the minimum rate.if the numbers of employees were graphed on the basis of annual wages or hourly wage rates for all of those cities and medium to large enterprises Iāve encountered, their ābell curvesā would indicate numbers of employees ābunching upā on the lower levels of wages or wage rates.
Anything a little more solid than "bunching up"?
Any studies showing what happens to the "bottom 40%" in the years following a MW hike?
Also consider that within all large, and most if not all medium enterprises, youāll find more employees within the lesser, rather than the greater wage rate brackets.
Youāll have to seek more authoritative studies and evidence if thatās not been your own experiences. I doubt if youāll find anything to refute or provide any reason to doubt my observations of employersā wage differential practices. Respectfully, Supposn