Chipotle raises wages amid expansion plans, as companies compete for workers

President Biden pushed to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour — $15,080 a year, before taxes — to $15 an hour, after a more than 10-year gap raising the minimum wage, but the idea was shelved because of procedural rules in the Senate. Many of the companies complaining about worker shortages pay below this threshold, usually at levels below what advocates consider “a living wage” — the amount it takes to live and raise a family in many areas of the country.