Poverty is more concentrated among tipped workers when they have a lower tipped minimum wage: Ratio of tipped worker poverty rate to nontipped worker poverty rate in San Francisco, Seattle, and the District of Columbia
Poverty rates of tipped workers relative to nontipped workers | |
---|---|
District of Columbia | 3.0 |
San Francisco | 2.1 |
Seattle | 2.2 |
Note: The ratios show how much more likely tipped workers are to be in poverty than nontipped workers. The values for Seattle reflect all of King County, Washington.
Source: EPI analysis of American Community Survey microdata, pooled years 2012–2016 (Ruggles et al. 2018)