Well I can assure you. I’d never work for that wage. Ok maybe in 1987. I would not work less then 40 dollars an hour ever again. I’m at 43.40 an hour right now. Could not even imagine having to live on 9 or 10 bucks an hour.
If people really want to take home more money they should stop voting for the people who are taxing ALL of their money in every way possible.
Except new to the workforce folks working part time, really no one in FL needs to make below $10/hr now. Anyone any decent will making $15/hr in less than 2 years and most solid employees can move to a shift lead closer to $20 in that time. But it’s not as bad as you think, between EITC, food stamps, section 8, other credits/benefits and zero fed income taxes, it’s closer equiv of $20/hr.....almost like the person working harder as a shift lead trying to move into general management, which is why many don’t really care. Your salary is in the top 15% for Florida, which is solid. You probably also take pride in your work, are fairly intelligent and reliable. The average $10/hr employee has none of those things and the ones that are are quickly making well above that in retail and hospitality.