44% being under 25, despite only 20% of total workers being under 25.
This data doesn’t not include tips or commissions.
70% of those earning at or below minimum wage worked in hospitality, 65% food preparation and serving related. 49% were part time workers.
0.8% of all workers earned minimum wage or below, but 3.1% of 16-19 year olds did.
Unfortunately it doesn’t break down with tips/commissions. But you can sort of innacurrately guess at it by seeing that 57% of the below minimum wage is 25+. This means they are earning tips (assuming their not paid illegally). So, majority of those earning minimum wage without tips are probably 16-24.
Thank you for the source. 1.1% is a small percentage, but a lot of people, especially when talking about a country the size of the US.
Another element that’s difficult to capture, but relevant, is how many people are making wages that would be influenced by a raised minimum wage? Raising it one dollar would probably capture a lot of people. Raising it $5 even more. The $15/h some places were championing for would likely capture quite a lot of people, especially of it were enacted nation-wide, but I understand that that’s a very far reach.
I worked at a place that paid minimum wage + X, where X was based on experience and such. This included new hires. At some point, they stopped bumping previous employees up when minimum wage went up, and of course they wondered why a lot of long-term staff were quitting lol
Yes, that’s the point.
There are a ton of people in the US who have none of that paid leave.
In France (and many other countries), paid leave is a right that’s protected by law. So everyone gets it.
Your comment is kind of like saying “It doesn’t matter what minimum wage is because lots of people make more than minimum wage!”
I didn’t say at all that it doesn’t matter
I don’t think anybody who sees this would think that literally nobody in the USA has a job that offers any paid time off.
You did bring up a valid point and people should know fwcts but in modern context, ain’t nobody got time for nuance.
Which is kinda true when essentially no-one except for teenagers makes minimum wage.
Do you have a source for that?
1.1% of workers earned the minimum wage or less
44% being under 25, despite only 20% of total workers being under 25.
This data doesn’t not include tips or commissions.
70% of those earning at or below minimum wage worked in hospitality, 65% food preparation and serving related. 49% were part time workers.
0.8% of all workers earned minimum wage or below, but 3.1% of 16-19 year olds did.
Unfortunately it doesn’t break down with tips/commissions. But you can sort of innacurrately guess at it by seeing that 57% of the below minimum wage is 25+. This means they are earning tips (assuming their not paid illegally). So, majority of those earning minimum wage without tips are probably 16-24.
Thank you for the source. 1.1% is a small percentage, but a lot of people, especially when talking about a country the size of the US.
Another element that’s difficult to capture, but relevant, is how many people are making wages that would be influenced by a raised minimum wage? Raising it one dollar would probably capture a lot of people. Raising it $5 even more. The $15/h some places were championing for would likely capture quite a lot of people, especially of it were enacted nation-wide, but I understand that that’s a very far reach.
I worked at a place that paid minimum wage + X, where X was based on experience and such. This included new hires. At some point, they stopped bumping previous employees up when minimum wage went up, and of course they wondered why a lot of long-term staff were quitting lol
Thats definitely true to an extent