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T-Mobile raises minimum hourly wage to $20 an hour for all employees

This Feb. 24, 2021 photo shows a T-Mobile store at a shopping mall in Pittsburgh. T-Mobile says about 7.8 million of its current postpaid customer accounts’ information and approximately 40 million records of former or prospective customers who had previously applied for credit with the company were involved in a recent data breach. T-Mobile said Wednesday, Aug. 18, that customers’ first and last names, date of birth, Social Security numbers, and driver’s license/ID information were exposed. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

TAMPA (WFLA) – T-Mobile employees will soon be making more money.

The company announced all of its hourly workers will be making a minimum wage of $20 an hour. his will now apply to every single employee regardless of role, or full-time or part-time status.

In a statement released Friday, company CEO Mike Sievert said the decision was aimed at giving every employee a competitive wage and recognizing current employees.

He said most employees already make more than $20 per hour, especially when factoring in incentive pay.