The most common occupations in the U.S. are among the worst paying, according to an Occupational Employment Statistics report released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A third of the workforce – 45 million Americans working in the lowest-paying occupations – would not earn enough to keep a family of four above poverty.
A third of American workers have occupations where 70 hours of weekly
work at typical wages leaves them within striking distance of
destitution. For food prep workers, who make the lowest wages, 70 hours of work at the median wage brings in only $32,218 a year, or 132 percent of poverty.
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