Chart: White tipped workers in D.C. are paid more than tipped workers of color: Median hourly wages of District of Columbia tipped workers, by race/ethnicity (2017 dollars)

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White tipped workers in D.C. are paid more than tipped workers of color: Median hourly wages of District of Columbia tipped workers, by race/ethnicity (2017 dollars)

Race/ethnicity	Median hourly wage
White	$16.40
Black	$12.68
Hispanic	$13.46
Asian or other race/ethnicity	$15.22

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Notes: Wages include both base wages and tips. Data are for tipped workers whose place of work is in the District of Columbia. Hispanic workers include Hispanics of any race, and the race/ethnicity categories are mutually exclusive (e.g., “white” refers to non-Hispanic white). Tipped occupations are listed in Appendix Table A1 of Cooper 2018.

Source: EPI analysis of American Community Survey microdata, pooled years 2012–2016 (Ruggles et al. 2018)

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Testimony of David Cooper before the D.C. Council in opposition to B22-0913 and for making D.C. a ‘one-fair-wage’ city

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