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In Maryland there are 100,000 tipped workers, and 60% of these work in the restaurant industry. The restaurant industry employs nearly 10% of the workforce and is one of the fastest growing sectors of the economy. Unfortunately, the restaurant industry offers several of Marylands lowest paid jobs. Five of the ten lowest paid occupations are in the restaurant industry, and three of these are tipped occupations. The state minimum wage is $7.25, but the tipped minimum wage is even lower at only $3.63. Including tips, tipped workers in Maryland earn a median wage of only $8.75 equivalent to $18,200 for a fulltime year-round employee. However, tipped workers generally are allowed part-time schedules that vary by season. Seven states have eliminated the tipped minimum wage in those states tipped workers receive the full minimum wage. Higher wages reduce turnover and pour millions of dollars back into the local economy.
60%
TIPPeD OCCUPATIONs
SERVERS BArTeNDers BUssers, rUNNers, & bArTeNDer AssIsTANTs
3 LOwesT PAID
MINImUm wAGe
GeNDer
67%
33%
EDUCATION
41%
HIGHer eDUCATION
PAreNTAL
STATUs
Married 32% Parents 30% Dads 21% Moms 35% Single Moms 14%
MArITAL &
AGE RACE 32
MeDIAN AGe
40
% of tipped
POVERTY
ES
TAU R ANT
53%
wOrKers ON fOOD sTAmPs
the poverty rates for workers of color is nearly double that of the seven states without a tipped minimum wage, with one in four living in poverty.
White PeOple OF COlOr All
15%
INDUSTRY GROWTH
The industry projects employment will continue to grow at the rate of 7% over the next decade.
HINDUsTry PrOJeCTeD sALes 2014 10.6 bILLION
MINImIm
Living off tips is precarious, but it doesnt have to be this way. Raising the minimum wage and eliminating the tipped credit would provide a signicant stimulus to the U.S. economy in tipped wages alone, providing a boost to local economies and the broader food industry, as well.
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