Many earn just the federal minimum of $5.15 an hour, others perhaps $1 or $2 more.

California, for example, has a minimum wage 31 percent higher than the federal minimum.

A "limited warranty" is one that does not meet the federal minimums.

However, both served only the federal minimum of three months and one day.

Indeed, when the federal minimum rose to $5.15 an hour in 1997, less than 5 percent of the work force enjoyed higher state minimums.

Mississippi, for example, like most Southern states, simply adheres to the federal minimum of $5.15 an hour.

Eighty percent of the state's municipalities do not meet federal minimums for housing and education.

Most employ specialists whose volume is many times the federal minimum.

The law requires businesses with 25 or more employees to pay at least $8.50 an hour, instead of the federal minimum of $5.15.

Schiller's sentence was reduced to the federal minimum of 46 months in prison.