Foreign-born workers are more likely to be paid low wages...
The bars show the prevalence of low-wage work among foreign-born and US-born workers. For example, 38.5% of all foreign-born workers are paid low wages.
Bar chart comparing the prevalence of low-wage work among foreign-born and US-born workers in California (2022). Foreign-born workers are almost 5 percentage points more likely to be paid low wages, with 33.6% of all US-born workers and 38.5% of foreign-born workers paid $19.69 or less.
