One In Four American Workers Will Be In Low-Wage Jobs For The Next Decade

By Travis Waldron on Aug 2, 2012 at 9:30 am


The share of the economy made up by low-wage jobs has grown since the Great Recession, and according to one new study, it won’t shrink in the future even as the economy continues to recover. The number of Americans working in low-wage jobs — those that pay wages equal to or below the poverty line — will remain steady over the next decade, according to the Economic Policy Institute, as CNNMoney reports: