By the Numbers

$2.13

The federal minimum wage for tipped employees, unchanged since 1991.

$18.28

The minimum hourly wage in 2013 if it had kept pace with productivity.

3.6 million

The estimated number of U.S. workers earning the hourly minimum wage or less.

500,000

Number of jobs presumed lost if minimum wage were raised to $10.10 an hour.

900,000

Number of families that would be lifted out of poverty by raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.

16.5 million

The number of low-wage workers whose earnings would be boosted by raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour.

Sources:  Economic Policy Institute, Congressional Budget Office, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics