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Low-Wage Occupations
Here's a listing of occupations where the majority of workers
make low wages -- less than $9 per hour.
- Agricultural equipment operators
- Baggage porters/bellhops
- Bartenders
- Call center workers
- Cashiers
- Child-care workers
- Cooks (fast food)
- Crossing guards
- Counter and rental clerks
- Diningroom and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers
- Dishwashers
- Education assistants
- Farm labor contractors
- Farm workers
- Food preparation workers
- Funeral attendants
- Hand packers and packagers
- Home health aides
- Hospitality (hotel, motel, resort) desk clerks
- Janitors and cleaners
- Laundry and drycleaning workers
- Locker room, coat room, and dressing room attendants
- Maids and housekeeping staff
- Manicurists and pedicurists
- Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers
- Nonfarm animal caretakers
- Nurses aides
- Parking lot attendants
- Pressers
- Retail salespeople
- Security guards
- Service station attendants
- Sewing machine operators
- Shampooers
- Taxi drivers and chauffeurs
- Ushers, lobby attendants, ticket takers
- Waiters and waitresses
Sources: Various, including The Betrayal of Work,
Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates from the U.S. Department of
Labor,
AFL-CIO: Who Are Low-Wage Workers?
Learn more about the working poor in this section of Quintessential
Careers: Low Wage Jobs: Tools, Statistics, Resources
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