state of tipped workers - montana
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BARTENDERSBUSSERS, RUNNERS, AND BARTENDER ASSISTANTS
SERVERS
The federal minimum wage is $7.25, but the federal tipped minimum wage is only $2.13. Montana, with a vibrant restaurant industry, pays tipped and non-tipped workers alike $7.90. Including tips, tipped workers earn a median wage of $8.35 — equivalent to $17,368 for a full-time year-round employee. However, tipped workers generally are allowed part-time schedules that vary by season, and tips fluctuate by season and shift, leaving many restaurant workers in a precarious situation.
The Rising American Electorate refers to the demographic groups that are growing the most rapidly, historically with lower voter participation rates, but whose growing civic engagement has been crucial in tipping the scales in recent elections. Tipped workers are primarily women, over 30% are moms, and although many are married, 60% of these are single moms. Although the median age for tipped workers is 27, half of them are younger. And they are racially diverse, overrepresented by Latinos, Asians, and African Americans compared to the broader workforce. They are also a highly educated group. Tipped workers are a snapshot of the RAE.
TIPPED WORKERS AND THE RISING AMERICAN ELECTORATE
THE STATE OF TIPPED WORKERS
In Montana there are over 19,000 tipped workers, and 75% 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 US economy. Unfortunately, the restaurant industry offers several of Montana’s lowest paid jobs. Seven of the ten lowest paid occupations are in the restaurant industry, and four of these are tipped occupations.
3 LOWEST PAIDTIPPED OCCUPATIONS
TIPPED MINIMUM WAGE
$7.90MINIMUM WAGE
$7.90MEDIAN WAGE FOR TIPPED WORKERSINCLUDING TIPS
$8.35
GENDER
92%
8%
TIPPED WORKERS WHOWORK IN RESTAURANTS
75%
Restaurant Opportunities Centers United
www.rocunited.org
M O N TA N A
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In states with a tipped minimum wage of $2.13, 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
POVERTY RATES IN $2.13 STATES 16% 25% 20%
POVERTY RATES IN STATES WITH NO TIP CREDIT 13% 14% 14%
TIPPED WORKERS AND THE RISING AMERICAN ELECTORATE
White 94%Latino 4%Asian 2%Other 1% Black 0%
<_24 41% 25-34 26% 35-44 12% 45+ 21%
RACEAGEHIGHER EDUCATION
EDUCATION
PARENTS WITH CHILDRENON FREE LUNCHES
45%
MARITAL &PARENTAL
STATUS
60%Married 34%Parents 31%
Dads 16%Moms 33%
Single Moms 19%
POVE
RTY
TIPPED RESTAURANT WORKERS
live in POVERTYat 4X the rate of theMontana workforce.
RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGELiving off tips is precarious, but it doesn’t have to be this way. Raising the minimum wage and eliminating the tipped credit would provide a significant stimulus to the U.S. economy in tipped wages alone, providing a boost to local economies and the broader food industry, as well.
FOR MORE INFO rocunited.org/stateoftippedworkers/
The industry projects employment will continue to grow at the rate of 7% over the next decade.HINDUSTRY PROJECTED SALES 2014 ➤ 1.5 BILLION
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14%
POVERTY RATE
POVERTY RATE
TIPPED RESTAURANT W
ORK E
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T IPPED WORKERS
33%
25%
WORKERS ON FOOD STAMPS
1.4X REST OF MT WORKFORCE
11%
27MEDIAN AGE
of tipped worker moms
are single moms
MINIMIM WAGE$10.10$12.00$15.00
TIPPED STIMULUS$12.7$19.4$30.1