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Companies with the most low-wage workers

POSTED: 08:43 AM PST Feb 20, 2013 UPDATED: 08:45 AM PST Feb 20, 2013

These companies would be among the most affected by a minimum wage hike.

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President Barack Obama wants to raise the minimum wage to $9 an hour. Using data from the National Employment Law Project, Business Insider ranked the U.S. companies that would be impacted most because they employ the largest number of low-wage workers. Here are the Top 20:

Cooks, cafeteria workers

Low Wage - Dominos

Low Wage - Sodexo

Low Wage - TJ Maxx

Kohls

J.C. Penney store

Low Wage - Olive Garden

Low Wage - Wendys

Low Wage - Macys

Low Wage - Compass Group

Low Wage - Applebees

Low Wage - Aramark

Burger King

Low Wage - Subway

Sears store sized

Target store

McDonald's restaurant

Taco Bell restaurant

Low Wage - Walmart

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