State of Tipped Workers - OREGON

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The federal minimum wage is $7.25, but
the federal tipped minimum wage is only
$2.13. Oregon, with a vibrant restaurant
industry and one of the nation’s highest
minimum wage, pays tipped and non-tipped
workers alike $9.10. As of 2012, tipped
workers earned a median wage of $9.00
including tips — equivalent to $18,720 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, nearly
half of these are single moms. Although the
median age for tipped workers is 31, 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 Oregon there are over 62,000 tipped
workers, and 61% 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 Oregon’s lowest paid
jobs. Six of the ten lowest paid occupations
are in the restaurant industry, and two of
these are tipped occupations.
TIPPED
MINIMUM WAGE
$9.10
MINIMUM WAGE
$9.10
MEDIAN WAGE FOR
TIPPED WORKERS
INCLUDING TIPS
$9.00
GENDER
73%
2
7
%
Restaurant Opportunities Centers United
www.rocunited.org
2 LOWEST PAID
TIPPED OCCUPATIONS
TIPPED WORKERS WHO
WORK IN RESTAURANTS
61%
COUNTER ATTENDANTS
BUSSERS, RUNNERS, AND
BARTENDER ASSISTANTS
OREGON
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 78%
Latino 10%
Asian 8%
Other 4%
Black 2%
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24 26%
25-34 31%
35-44 19%
45+ 25%
RACE
AGE
HIGHER EDUCATION
EDUCATION
PARENTS WITH CHILDREN
ON FREE LUNCHES
53%
MARITAL &
PARENTAL
STATUS
47
%
Married 32%
Parents 29%
Dads 17%
Moms 33%
Single Moms 15%
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RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE
Living 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 12% over the next decade.
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INDUSTRY PROJECTED SALES 2014

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WORKERS ON
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2X REST OF OREGON
WORKFORCE
32%
31
MEDIAN AGE
of tipped
worker moms
are single moms
MINIMIM
WAGE
$10.10
$12.00
$15.00
TIPPED
STIMULUS
$12.7
$19.4
$30.1
TIPPED RESTAURANT WORKERS
live in POVERTY
at 2X the rate of
the Oregon workforce.

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