Tipped workers in D.C. experience poverty at three times the rate of nontipped workers: Poverty rates of nontipped workers, retail workers, tipped workers, and servers and bartenders in the District of Columbia
Poverty rate | |
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Nontipped workers | 4.5% |
Retail workers | 11.0% |
Tipped workers | 13.7% |
Servers & bartenders | 13.9% |
Notes: Data are for workers whose place of work is in the District of Columbia. Tipped worker occupations are listed in Appendix Table A1.
Source: EPI analysis of American Community Survey microdata, pooled years 2012–2016 (Ruggles et al. 2018)