One fair wage states have lower poverty rates for all workers in key tipped industries

Poverty rate for workers in key tipped industries, by state tipped minimum wage level

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"Low" states use the federal tipped minimum wage of $2.13 per hour.
"Mid" states have a tipped minimum wage higher than $2.13 per hour but less than the prevailing regular minimum wage.
One fair wage states have eliminated the subminimum wage entirely.

Source: Author's calculations based on 2016–2020 data from the Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) in Sarah Flood and others, "Integrated Public Use Microdata Series, Current Population Survey Data for Social, Economic, and Health Research: Version 8.0 (dataset)" (Minneapolis: Minnesota Population Center, 2020), available at https://cps.ipums.org/cps/.