1 in 2 workers paid less than $19.69 is married or has children

The bars show the share of workers paid low wages (compared to all workers) who are married or have children.

Bar chart shows almost half of low-wage workers are not married and have no children (49.7%). Compared to the workforce overall, low-wage workers are less likely to be married (with or without children) or to have children. But even so, half of low-wage workers are married or have children.