On Register’s Other Side, Little to Spend. (The New York Times, 11/28/2013)
How may I help you? For retail workers nationwide, who earn a median pay of about $9.60 an hour, or less than $20,000 a year, holiday shopping sprees are most often enjoyed by customers on the opposite side of the counter.
Americans' view on the minimum wage.
How many hours at a minimum-wage job does someone have to work to afford an apartment?
In Wisconsin, this translates to annual, family-supporting earnings of $29,598.
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