Almost half of low-wage workers' families are at or near poverty
Bars show the share of families with at least one worker paid low wages (compared to all workers' families) below or above the federal poverty threshold. “Near poverty” is defined as earning up to 200% or double the federal poverty threshold.
The bar chart shows the share of families with at least one low-wage worker compared to all workers' families according to their poverty status. Below the federal poverty threshold, 18.9% of low-wage workers' families live in poverty compared to 9.1% of all workers' families. The largest share of low-wage workers' families falls within the 200% to 400% of the federal poverty threshold range (33.0%).
