Visit the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division atU.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division.(Links to an external site.)

1. What is the current federal minimum wage?
2. How many states have a minimum wagehigherthan the federal minimum wage? What state has the highest minimum wage? What state (of those states that have a minimum wage that covers everybody) has the lowest minimum wage?
3. Ceteris paribus, what would you expect to be true about the rate of unemployment in the states you mentioned above?
4. What government agency's website could you visit to find out whether your prediction from partcwas true or not? Find the information you need in order to verify your prediction.

Link: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/minimum-wage/state