The majority of workers paid less than $19.69 work full time and year-round

The bars show the share of workers paid low wages (compared to all workers) who usually work full time (35 hours per week or more) or part time, and full year (50 weeks) or part year.

The chart shows the work schedule of low-wage workers (compared to all workers) including: full time, full year; full time, part year; part time, full year; and part time, part year. A smaller percentage of low-wage workers work full time and full year (62.8%) compared to all workers (72.4%); however, the majority of low-wage workers work full time
In 2022, the value of the low-wage threshold is $19.69.The sample includes workers who live in California, were employed last week but not self-employed, ages 16+, and with non-zero earnings last week.
Chart: UC Berkeley Labor CenterSource: IPUMS Current Population Survey - Annual Social and Economic Supplement 2022 • Get the dataEmbed Download imageDownload PDFDownload SVGCreated with Datawrapper