Utilising data visualisation softwares, this paper will present, analyze and compare wages and salaries withing the United States of America. Two main thematics of this paper are IT and economic in nature. The IT side will provide with examples of using data visualisation software in order to achieve a more transparent view of databases, while the economic side will focus on analyzing and comparing the obtained data. The paper will start off by providing a general overview of basic terminology and active roles of visualizing data within business practices, followed by present the two main softwares which will be used in this paper – MS Excel and Tableau Software. The said softwares will be used to create tables, graphs and map overviews with the aims of creating more visually pleasing data comparisons and analysis which will be further explored in the economic side of the paper. The economic side of the paper includes comparing and analyzing the very wages in the USA. More specifically, the type of wages compared and analyzed will be the minimum, average and median wages, along with living wages. Within the context of this paper, living wages are defined as a hourly wage needed in order to go about having a „normal“, everyday life. In the final parts of the paper, before conclusions, a discussion will take place regarding the suggested increase of minimum wages in the USA to 15 dollars an hour, as well as potential other solutions that could help increase the economic side of living standards.