America’s Low-Wage Workers Aren’t All High-School Dropouts Despite a strong labor market and rising nominal wages, there are still millions of people taking home less than $20 per hour on average. Education plays a major role in determining earnings, but it does not guarantee high wages—or even employment. This chart, via Visual Capitalist’s Niccolo Conte, shows the share and number of U.S. low-wage workers earning less than $20 per hour by education level, using data from the Economic Policy Institute as of July 2025. Low-Wage Work Is Concentrated Among Less-Educated Workers Workers without a high school diploma face the greatest exposure to low… — Continue at ZeroHedge News : Read More
