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If the federal minimum wage is $10 or less at the end of 2024, what will the average employment-to-population ratio be in 2025?

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	<50	lower 25%	median	upper 75%	>65
community	0.2%	59	59.7	60.42	0.5%
My Prediction	—	—	—	—	—

Lower bound	community	My Prediction
<50	0.2%	—
Quartiles
lower 25%	59	—
median	59.7	—
upper 75%	60.42	—
Upper bound
>65	0.5%	—

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Opened:

Feb 21, 2021

Closed:

Jan 1, 2025

Scheduled resolution:

Apr 1, 2026

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