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CANTON Applicants for service-sector jobs expect to earn more than the current national minimum wage, while realizing they ll be paid less than the proposed minimum wage of $15 per hour that some are pursuing. The locally based Job-Applications.com website surveyed more than 1,800 job-seekers from around the country over the past year and asked the hourly wage they expect to earn. Responses were collected from mid-2019 through the end of November. The national average wage expected came to $11.27 per hour, while applicants said they would take a job paying an average of $10.13 per hour. The national minimum wage is $7.25 per hour, but many would like to see the rate more than doubled. ....