Half as many tipped workers with children under age 5 are in poverty in one fair wage states compared with low and mid states

Poverty rate of tipped and nontipped workers, by state tipped minimum wage level and number of children under age 5

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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: 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/.