welfare vs wages

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by joeydb

Salaried and hourly workers are usually listed as opposites. I don't see how your calculation applies.

It considers the work pool minimum wage workers are a part of. Thus reducing the percentage of minimum wage workers by 40% when compared to the entire US workforce and not just hourly workers.

The article posted, stated something like 4.7% of hourly wage earners are at or below minimum wage. It left out the 40% who are salaried. But I suspect that may have been on purpose.