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Low-Wage Occupations


 

Here's a listing of occupations where the majority of workers make low wages -- less than $10 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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