20% is a very high figure. With $6.14/hr- 40 hour week , does that add up to income above the poverty line? Do minimum wage employee get benefits? Is there any breakdown of the data to what portion is under-employed and to what extend, for example compared to the worker's highest paying job in the past? Thanks. Henry C.K. Liu Gerald C Friedman wrote: > According to Lawrence Mishel, et al., The State of Working America, > 1996-97, page 206, 11.7% of the labor force in 1993 earned between the > minimum wage ($4.25) and the 1997 minimum wage ($5.15). Another 8.5% of > the labor force earned between $5.15 and $6.14. > > Gerald Friedman > Associate Professor of Economics > University of Massachusetts at Amherst > Amherst, MA. 01003 > > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > tel.: (413) 545-6357 > > On Mon, 4 Jan 1999, Ellen Dannin wrote: > > > Greetings Pen-lers. Does anyone know what percentage of workers are paid at > > minimum wage and has this percentage been increasing / decreasing/ remaining > > stable? > > > > Ellen > > Ellen J. Dannin > > Professor of Law > > California Western School of Law > > 225 Cedar Street > > San Diego, CA 92101 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > (619) 525-1449 > > fax: (619) 696-9999 > >
