[Smlr_net] Where near-minimum-wage workers work, and how much they make

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Title: Where near-minimum-wage workers work, and how much they make

*Author:* Drew Desilver

*Source: * Pew Research

*Date:* Nov 18, 2014

*Summary**:* As Fact Tank noted earlier this month, about 20.6 million people http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/11/05/making-more-than-minimum-wage-but-less-than-10-10-an-hour/#more-264094 — 30% of all hourly, non-self-employed workers 18 and older — are what we call “near-minimum-wage workers,” meaning they earn more than the current minimum wage (either the federal $7.25-an-hour minimum or a higher state minimum) but less than the $10.10 hourly rate that emerged over the past year as a consensus goal of many Democrats and labor groups.

*Link: *http://pewrsr.ch/11koWXH

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