Who makes minimum wage? | Pew Research Center: "People at or below the federal minimum are:
- Disproportionately young: 50.6% are ages 16 to 24; 24% are teenagers (ages 16 to 19).
- Mostly (78%) white; fully half are white women.
- Largely part-time workers (64% of the total)."
Just over half (51%) work in the leisure and hospitality industry, about 16% in retail, 9% in education and health services, and the rest scattered among different sectors. Broken down occupationally, the picture is similar: Nearly 44% are in food-preparation and serving-related occupations; 15% are in sales and related occupations, and the rest are scattered.
They’re also more likely to live in the South than anywhere else. In the West South Central states (Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana)...
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