Horizontal axis plots the years between 1993 and 2017 in increments of 3. The vertical axis plots the minimum wage in dollars per hour, between 5 and 8 in increments of 1. The line-graph starts at a little over 7 dollars in 1993, drops until 1996, rises again between 1996 and 1998, and falls steadily up to 2008. It again shows a rise until 2010 and then shows a steady decline up to 2016.
The approximate minimum wages in dollars across the years are as follows:
1993: 7
1994: 6.9
1995: 6.8
1996: 6.5
1997: 7.1
1998: 7.0
1999: 7.5
2000: 7.4
2001: 7.0
2002: 6.8
2003: 6.7
2004: 6.5
2005: 6.3
2006: 6.2
2007: 6.0
2008: 5.9
2009: 6.8
2010: 8.1
2011: 7.9
2012: 7.8
2013: 7.5
2014: 7.3
2015: 7.2
2016: 7.1
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