Low-paid workers are disproportionately women and women of color: Women in the overall and low-paid workforces by race/ethnicity and nativity, 2018
| Share of overall workforce | Share of low-paid workforce | |
|---|---|---|
| AAPI women | 3.0% | 4.3% |
| Black women | 6.3% | 9.7% |
| Latinas | 7.7% | 16.0% |
| Native American women | 0.3% | 0.6% |
| White, non-Hispanic women | 29.2% | 31.3% |
| Women born outside U.S. | 7.6% | 15.0% |
Note: The low-paid workforce consists of workers in the 40 lowest-paying occupations. See Appendix I of Tucker and Vogtman 2020 for more information on the occupations. AAPI stands for Asian American/Pacific Islander.
Source: Adapted with permission from When Hard Work is Not Enough: Women in Low-Paid Jobs (Tucker and Vogtman 2020). Calculations based on 2018 American Survey Data from Ruggles et al. 2020.