Even so those are decent wages that Americans SHOULD be making!
No, those are wages that have been earned. Most workers are not worth paying that much for their time. Oh, it would be nice if more could be paid more.
But.
If the minimum wage were doubles to twice it’s current amount, would today’s workers work twice as hard, make 1/8 the number of errors and mistakes, produce 1/8 the waste they do now, produce twice as much as they do now, bring twice the number of customers they attract now, or grow twice the crops they do now?