Wages, incomes, and poverty rates of tipped workers in the District of Columbia, by demographic group

Median hourly wage (2017$) Median annual wage income (2017$) Poverty rate Average weekly work hours
All tipped workers $14.41 $23,798 13.7% 35.8
Gender
Women $13.39 $21,080 15.7% 34.1
Men $14.49 $26,350 11.8% 37.5
Gender gap (women/men) -7.7% -20.0% 3.9 ppt. -9.3%
Race/ethnicity
White $16.40 $27,810 12.1% 36.2
Black $12.68 $21,393 18.5% 34.3
Hispanic, any race $13.46 $24,832 8.6% 35.8
Asian or other race/ethnicity $15.22 $22,763 16.7% 37.7
Black relative to white -22.7% -23.1% 6.4 ppt. -5.1%
Hispanic relative to white -17.9% -10.7% -3.5 ppt. -1.0%
Family status
Married parent $15.92 $26,741 6.0% 36.6
Single parent $11.96 $20,694 21.0% 33.4
Married, no children $16.53 $24,875 11.1% 36.2
Single, no children $13.74 $23,083 15.3% 35.9

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

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

View the underlying data on epi.org.