Joshua ScharfNov 15
Jeff Atwood
I was curious how the state-by-state battle is going for minimum wages in the USA; here's what I found:
Nov 15 at 9:52amWeb
Show threadSander van Rossen🇺🇦Nov 15
@codinghorror oh this is why tesla moved to texas
Show threadIanNov 15
@codinghorror Pretty ironic to see such a wide discrepancy in something that's supposed to be the "minimum".
Show threadFranchescaNov 15
@codinghorror This is straight up theft!
Show threadOblomovNov 15
@codinghorror it would be interesting to see this in relation to e.g. cost of living.
Show threadJeff AtwoodNov 15
@oblomov excellent idea! Because that does vary a lot per state, but also per metro area... still, the state average would be very interesting.
Show threadOblomovNov 15
@codinghorror (population median, preferrably, especially if there's large per-metro variation)
Show threadJeff AtwoodNov 15
@oblomov here's the raw..
Show threadJeff AtwoodNov 15
@oblomov might be better to just overlay cost of living or show them side by side, I dunno. Gotta sleep.
Show threadNed BatchelderNov 15
@codinghorror I'm distracted by "why is MA north of NH?"
Show threadJeff AtwoodNov 15
@nedbat yeah, it's a bit weird and random, but welcome to ChatGPT (and btw only the pro model is any damn good at this)
Show threadGregatron5Nov 15
@codinghorror It’s missing DC, which I believe would be a shade of purple.
Show threadJeff AtwoodNov 16
@gregatron5 it’s in the notes text in the image
Show threadGregatron5Nov 16
@codinghorror Thanks! I missed that before. I know it’s generated, but for DC it might also include “except for tipped wages,” which we’ve been fighting to eliminate for about 10 years now. Two ballot initiatives have passed and our council keeps not implementing them b/c of lobbyists.