Share of income-support benefit dollars received by families of working individuals, by worker hourly wage decile

Wage decile  Total Share
All  $             67,552 100.00%
Bottom 10th (≤$7.63)  $             17,167 25.41%
2nd ($7.64–10.07)  $             15,866 23.49%
3rd ($10.08–12.49)  $             12,546 18.57%
4th ($12.50–14.94)  $               8,292 12.28%
5th ($14.95–17.70)  $               5,764 8.53%
6th ($17.71–21.01)  $               3,301 4.89%
7th ($21.02–25.25)  $               1,964 2.91%
8th ($25.26–31.14)  $               1,160 1.72%
9th ($31.15–42.09)  $                  830 1.23%
Top 10th ($42.10+)  $                  661 0.98%

Note: Includes the EITC, SNAP, LIHEAP, WIC, housing assistance, and TANF/cash assistance. These data do not include the value of Medicaid. Wage deciles reflect imputed hourly wages from CPS-ASEC data in 2012 dollars. See endnote 6 for details.

Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement microdata, pooled data years 2010–2012

View the underlying data on epi.org.