Cynthia S Hernandez Senior Research Associate Research Institute on Social & Economic Policy Center for Research & Studies

Income, Wages, and Poverty

Gender Wage Gap

Wage Theft

Unpaid Sick Time

Minimum Wage

MEDIAN

INCOME U.S. Florida Difference

4-person family $77,953 $66,461 $11,492

Family $64,030 $55,774 $8,256

Household $52,250 $46,036 $6,214

WAGES

Share of workers

earning below

poverty wage 27.6% 29.9% 2.3%

Poverty U.S. Florida Difference

Total population in

poverty 15.8% 17.0% 1.2%

Twice poverty 33.9% 35.2% 1.3%

Under 18 in poverty 22.2% 24.5% 2.3%

Florida Miami Dade

Average 15.6% 19.1%

Women 16.6% 20.7% Men 14.6% 17.4%

African Americans 27.0% 29.0%

Hispanics 20.6% 18.8%

Non-Hispanic Whites 13.0% 16.7%

Children under 18 22.5% 25.4%

Source: ACS, U.S. Census

Industry Total Recovered Wages by

Industry

Number of Wage Theft

Cases

Accommodation and Food Services $17,623,384.36 2,700

Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting $2,228,648.58 2,006

Health Care and Social Assistance $10,601,258.23 1,456

Construction $16,465,587.46 1,512

Retail Trade $6,135,251.71 1,117

Administrative and Support and Waste

Management and Remediation Services $13,459,115.24 1,088

Manufacturing $7,567,571.01 625

Other Services (Except Public Administration) $3,852,509.87 463

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services $6,545,112.87 428

Transportation and Warehousing $3,637,667.61 406

Real Estate and Rental and Leasing $1,826,343.97 257

Wholesale Trade $2,548,607.97 233

Information $1,913,307.70 231

Finance and Insurance $3,134,709.53 215

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation $2,375,730.73 193

Public Administration $1,254,478.43 92

Educational Services $1,361,385.35 139

Utilities $555,132.42 27

Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction $83,036.15 7

Management of Companies and Enterprises $62,442.70 5

Local Off-Track Betting Corp. $9,354.17 2

Total $85,607,897.53 13,202

County Total Wages Recovered Number of Employees

with Wage Theft Cases

Average Wages

Recovered Per

Employee

Miami-Dade $22,282,433.85 30,396 $803.54

Hillsborough $10,553,992.65 27,307 $522.57

Pinellas $7,584,628.81 14,531 $485.08

Orange $7,493,214.92 19,666 $532.29

Broward $7,211,533.27 12,815 $776.18

Palm Beach $7,002,659.35 11,024 $718.39

Duval $6,733,571.01 13,130 $630.13

Brevard $3,608,956.28 4,450 $568.63

Lee $2,281,781.05 4,254 $873.29

Polk $2,278,260.84 7,822 $621.62

Volusia $1,156,450.45 2,803 $435.43

Alachua $1,090,837.76 2,265 $452.42

Miami-Dade (2010)

Palm Beach

(legal aid model, 2011)

Broward (2013)

Alachua (2014)

Pinellas

Hillsborough

Enforce Equal Pay Laws to close the gender pay gap

Create better quality jobs with benefits like Earned Paid Sick Time

Continue to fund and enforce Wage Theft Ordinances

Increase the state’s Minimum Wage so that people are not living pay check to pay check