Poll: Minimum wage increases - Professional Carwashing & Detailing

Poll: Minimum wage increases

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Many minimum wage increases took effect this year.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — As Professional Carwashing & Detailing has covered in its recent article “Economic update,” the stock market and the U.S. economy are both on the upswing, and carwash owners are definitely seeing the results.

The average American now has more disposable income, and as a result, carwashes are seeing more business.

At the same time, one of the financial issues that remains for many carwash owners across the country is that of changing minimum wage standards.

Related: How minimum wage impacts the carwash indsutry

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 19 states began the 2017 year with minimum wage increases.

How have minimum wage increases affected your business? Let us know by taking the poll below:

How much have minimum wage increases affected your business?

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