Who Makes Minimum Wage? Young Women in the Service Industry
LatestUsing information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, NPR’s Planet Money has made some cool charts that show exactly who is making minimum wage in America, pegged to the recently discussed raises in various states across the country and potentially even nation-wide.
Planet Money demonstrates that the vast majority of those in the United States working minimum wage jobs are in the “Leisure and Hospitality” and “Wholesale and Retail” fields and that women disproportionately hold those jobs. Because of this dominance, women make up a huge proportion of those holding minimum wage jobs of all kinds.