ThinkProgress.org reports findings from the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) that show women hold a majority (three-quarters) of jobs in the 10 largest low-wage occupations, with women of color holding 37% of these jobs. However, they make less than men, earning 90.4% of what their male coworkers take home each week.
The median salaries for
these jobs are less than $10.10 per hour, and the types of low-wage jobs include childcare workers, home health aides, maids and housekeepers, personal care aides, cashiers, waiters, food prep workers, bartenders, and those who package food by hand.The typical low-wage worker are indeed not teens, but older workers who are supporting their families, as numbers of women continue to be on the rise as sole beadwinners in their households . NWLC’s analysis notes, according to ThinkProgress, that a quarter of the workers in these jobs are mothers with children under 18.