Well what percentage of these are non-breadwinners? Could it be stay at home parents who are making supplementary income? > I think a better metric might be (m

Well what percentage of these are non-breadwinners? Could it be stay at home parents who are making supplementary income? > I think a better metric might be (minimum wage + (20% * minimum wage)). That snags all those people who work at "minimum wage jobs" but have stuck around for a few years and gotten a few small pay increases, but are still being paid a wage that is a function of minimum wage. Yes, there needs to be better information. > Just riffing here to be honest, but I do get a little uppity when people claim minimum wage jobs are just for teenagers or other "less important" wage earners. Part of this was from working in retail and food service when I was much younger and knowing a lot of adults, many single parents, working for close to minimum wage. Anecdotal, I know. This is terrible, and just goes to show my point -- we need to be tracking the important number: how many people who need to afford rent for a separate unit (usually those with dependents but not always) cannot afford to do so. EDIT: Here are some stats on low-wage workers by age. It does show a good distribution, but I think we need to make the tails thinner: https://www.statista.com/statistics/298866/percentage-of-low-wage-workers-in-the-us-by-age/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/298866/percentage-of-low...