20180110105229001.0TRUEThis feature layer comprises six U.S. counties that have implemented local minimum wages. Attributes include the 2018 minimum wage, any future increases to the minimum wage, the living wage (2016 update, state level, single adult), and the date of minimum wage policy implementation, among other attributes. This layer uses the composite geographies layout in order to position Alaska and Hawaii adjacent to the contiguous U.S. Data was digitized from the <a href='http://laborcenter.berkeley.edu/minimum-wage-living-wage-resources/inventory-of-us-city-and-county-minimum-wage-ordinances/' target='_blank'>U.C. Berkeley Labor Center</a>; living wage data was provided by <a href='http://livingwage.mit.edu/' target='_blank'>MIT's Living Wage Calculator</a>.<div><br /></div><div><table border='0' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0' style='border-collapse: collapse; width: 754pt;' width='1006'><tbody><tr height='19' style='height: 14.4pt;'><td height='19' style='height: 14.4pt; width: 90pt;' width='120'><b>Field</b></td><td style='width: 62pt;' width='83'><b>Unit</b></td><td style='width: 602pt;' width='803'><b>Description</b></td></tr><tr height='19' style='height: 14.4pt;'><td height='19' style='height: 14.4pt;'>AFFGEOID</td><td>Text</td><td>County GEOID</td></tr><tr height='19' style='height: 14.4pt;'><td height='19' style='height: 14.4pt;'>STATEFP</td><td>Integer</td><td>State FIPS Code (number)</td></tr><tr height='19' style='height: 14.4pt;'><td height='19' style='height: 14.4pt;'>STABBR</td><td>Text</td><td>State Abbreviation</td></tr><tr height='19' style='height: 14.4pt;'><td height='19' style='height: 14.4pt;'>State</td><td>Text</td><td>State Name</td></tr><tr height='19' style='height: 14.4pt;'><td height='19' style='height: 14.4pt;'>Locality</td><td>Text</td><td>County Name</td></tr><tr height='19' style='height: 14.4pt;'><td height='19' style='height: 14.4pt;'>PrevMW</td><td>US Dollars</td><td>Previous minimum wage at the time of implementing a locality minimum wage</td></tr><tr height='19' style='height: 14.4pt;'><td height='19' style='height: 14.4pt;'>PolicyStart</td><td>Year</td><td>Start year for implementing locality minimum wage</td></tr><tr height='19' style='height: 14.4pt;'><td height='19' style='height: 14.4pt;'>MW2018</td><td>US Dollars</td><td>2018 Locality Minimum Wage</td></tr><tr height='19' style='height: 14.4pt;'><td height='19' style='height: 14.4pt;'>DateMW2018</td><td>M/D/Y</td><td>Date of implementation for 2018 locality minimum wage</td></tr><tr height='19' style='height: 14.4pt;'><td height='19' style='height: 14.4pt;'>HighestMW</td><td>US Dollars</td><td>Highest planned locality minimum wage</td></tr><tr height='19' style='height: 14.4pt;'><td height='19' style='height: 14.4pt;'>DateHighest</td><td>Year</td><td>Year of achieving highest locality minimum wage</td></tr><tr height='19' style='height: 14.4pt;'><td height='19' style='height: 14.4pt;'>AboveStateMW</td><td>US Dollars (difference)</td><td>Dollar value that locality minimum wage is above the state minimum wage (MW2018-StateMW2018)</td></tr><tr height='19' style='height: 14.4pt;'><td height='19' style='height: 14.4pt;'>StateMW2018</td><td>US Dollars</td><td>2018 State Minimum Wage</td></tr><tr height='19' style='height: 14.4pt;'><td height='19' style='height: 14.4pt;'>BelowLV2016</td><td>US Dollars (difference)</td><td>Difference between locality minimum wage and 2016 state living wage (LV2016-MW2018); positive values are below the living wage, negative values are above the living wage</td></tr><tr height='19' style='height: 14.4pt;'><td height='19' style='height: 14.4pt;'>LV2016</td><td>US Dollars</td><td>Living Wage (2016 Update)</td></tr></tbody></table></div>locality minimum wage2018 locality minimum wageminimum wage2018 minimum wageliving wage2016 living wageArcGISService Definition.sdPolitics and GovernmentThe Ever-Changing Minimum Wageweb mercatorcity minimum wagecounty minimum wage2018 cities and counties with minimum wages, Web Mercator projection.UC Berkeley Labor Center, US Department of Labor, MIT/Dr. Amy K. Glasmeier