Raising minimum wage to $9.00 an hour will not reduce poverty, since most who  earn minimum wage are suburban teenagers, not low-income Americans.
Mar 18, 2014 ... After taking out teenagers, young people living with their parents, and ... Family  income can tell us how many minimum-wage earners are ...
Apr 26, 2017 ... In 2016, the federal minimum wage of $7.25 was worth 10 percent less than ... a  parent earning the minimum wage does not earn enough through full-time ... that  low-wage workers share in broad improvements in U.S. living ...... of low-wage  workers as primarily teenagers from middle-class families who are ...
Jun 9, 2014 ... Most workers who earn the minimum wage are older than they used to ... Their  average age is 35, and 88 percent are at least 20 years old. ... these low-wage  workers are parents, compared with 34 percent of ... receipt, unlike the minimum  wage, is predicated on family income. ... Privacy Policy · Contact us ...
Among employed teenagers (ages 16 to 19) paid by the hour, about 10 percent  earned the minimum wage or less, compared with about 2 percent of workers ...
Typical minimum wage earners in America are teenagers living with their parents in middle class families.