TX is #1!

but I doubt it's something Gov. Goodhair will brag about:

Texas has by far the largest number of employees working at or below the federal minimum wage ($7.25 per hour in 2010) compared to any state, according to a BLS report.

In 2010, about 550,000 Texans were working at or below minimum wage, or about 9.5 percent of all workers paid by the hour in the state. Texas tied with Mississippi for the greatest percentage of minimum wage workers, while California had among the fewest (less than 2 percent).

The state with the second-highest number of minimum wage workers was New York, with 264,000 (or 6.4 percent of all hourly workers in the state).

From 2007 to 2010, the number of minimum wage workers in Texas rose from 221,000 to 550,000, an increase of nearly 150 percent.

The federal minimum wage rose from $5.15 per hour to $5.85 in July 2007, to $6.55 in July 2008 and to $7.25 in July 2009. That certainly contributed to the sharp increase minimum wage earners; however, even though the minimum wage remained unchanged in 2010, the number of Texans making minimum wage or less rose from 474,000 to 550,000 that year, an increase of 16 percent.

The median hourly earnings for all Texas workers was $11.20 per hour in 2010, compared to the national median of $12.50 per hour.

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Post #343,827 by lincoln 6/16/11 7:48:13 PM Reply	TX is #1! but I doubt it's something Gov. Goodhair will brag about: Texas has by far the largest number of employees working at or below the federal minimum wage ($7.25 per hour in 2010) compared to any state, according to a BLS report. In 2010, about 550,000 Texans were working at or below minimum wage, or about 9.5 percent of all workers paid by the hour in the state. Texas tied with Mississippi for the greatest percentage of minimum wage workers, while California had among the fewest (less than 2 percent). The state with the second-highest number of minimum wage workers was New York, with 264,000 (or 6.4 percent of all hourly workers in the state). From 2007 to 2010, the number of minimum wage workers in Texas rose from 221,000 to 550,000, an increase of nearly 150 percent. The federal minimum wage rose from $5.15 per hour to $5.85 in July 2007, to $6.55 in July 2008 and to $7.25 in July 2009. That certainly contributed to the sharp increase minimum wage earners; however, even though the minimum wage remained unchanged in 2010, the number of Texans making minimum wage or less rose from 474,000 to 550,000 that year, an increase of 16 percent. The median hourly earnings for all Texas workers was $11.20 per hour in 2010, compared to the national median of $12.50 per hour. http://www.americani...f-low-paying-ones "Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow
Post #343,835 by lincoln 6/16/11 8:18:10 PM Reply	Re: TX is #1! Moreover, a Harvard Business School study commissioned by the governor found that the overall effect of these new jobs, many of which have been created by the SecessionistÂs controversial tax credits, is fleeting. ÂTexasÂ overall prosperity growth, as measured by per capita GDP, was eighth slowest in the country from 1998 to 2008. Â tax credit funds used to lure jobs to one state from another state, often Âultimately donÂt support long-term prosperity,Â because companies that can move easily Âare looking for the best deal and when the deal runs out they move,Â taking their jobs with them. http://firedoglake.c...acle-is-a-mirage/ "Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow
Post #343,839 by drook 6/16/11 9:12:51 PM Reply	Re: CA I wonder if their minimum-wage rate is so low because all those jobs are filled by illegals. -- Drew
Post #343,842 by Andrew Grygus 6/16/11 9:17:07 PM Reply	Minimum wage here is $8.00, so . . . . . we won't have a lot of people working at the Federal minimum wage.
Post #343,845 by drook 6/16/11 9:18:28 PM Reply	Yeah, that could have something to do with it :-/ -- Drew
Post #343,852 by SpiceWare 6/16/11 10:04:22 PM Reply	probably and of course things like "$11.20 vs national median of $12.50 per hour." sound bad until you factor in the lower cost of living. Moving from Houston would mean I'd need to increase my salary quite a bit in order to maintain my standard of living: Chicago 27% Seattle 32% LA 48% San Francisco 78% http://www.bankrate....g-calculator.aspx
Post #343,882 by lincoln 6/17/11 7:53:06 PM Reply	You wouldn't live in the city anyway You're more of a Schaumburg kind of guy. That would cut your property taxes, lower your sales taxes, lower your gasoline taxes, give you a higher valuation for your home, have a superior school system, etc. "Chicago to my mind was the only place to be. ... I above all liked the city because it was filled with people all a-bustle, and the clatter of hooves and carriages, and with delivery wagons and drays and peddlers and the boom and clank of freight trains. And when those black clouds came sailing in from the west, pouring thunderstorms upon us so that you couldn't hear the cries or curses of humankind, I liked that best of all. Chicago could stand up to the worst God had to offer. I understood why it was built--a place for trade, of course, with railroads and ships and so on, but mostly to give all of us a magnitude of defiance that is not provided by one house on the plains. And the plains is where those storms come from." -- E.L. Doctorow

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