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3.9% of people paid hourly wages earn at or less than minimum wage from that link. Your figure of 0.9% is for people over 25 who earn exactly minimum wage (1.6
by tehmaco 11y ago
3.9% of people paid hourly wages earn at or less than minimum wage from that link.
Your figure of 0.9% is for people over 25 who earn exactly minimum wage (1.6% in that line earn less than it)
Edit: Also, if you're not paid hourly (i.e. flat salary), you'll not be included in those tables. So if you're salaried at minimum wage, but work unpaid hours (which seems to be common in the US), you're earning less than the minimum wage, but not "Officially".
- yummyfajitas 11y agoThere are 3 million Americans earning minimum wage or below / 318 million Americans = 0.94%. You can change the denominator if you like, that doesn't change the substance. Regardless, 0.94% or 3.9% is far less than "most" (which is what mrottenkolbar claimed).
- tehmaco 11y agoTrue, but you do need to change the denominator though, as under 16's and retired people don't earn, so those ~105 million people[0] need to be excluded (otherwise it's mis-representing the facts). [0] http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=age+histogram+of+the+USA http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=age+histogram+of+the+US...
- yummyfajitas 11y agoI said "1% of people" which is correct. You could also say "1.4% of working age people" or "3.9% of hourly wage workers" - these are correct too. The only incorrect statement anyone has made is "most".