claim: "texas has, now, the highest share of minimum-wage workers in the nation."
author: linda chavez-thompson
evidence_1: jul 26, 2018 ... the texas minimum wage is equal to the prevailing federal minimum wage.) ...  percentage of hourly-paid wage and salary workers with earnings at or ... the  states with the highest percentages of hourly paid workers earning at ... by the  u.s. census bureau using a scientifically selected national sample of ...
evidence_2: mar 7, 2014 ... the lone star state leads the nation in creation of jobs at all pay levels, too. ...  and it has the ninth-highest gini coefficient, a measure of income inequality. ...  low-skilled workers ensure that texas will have a high share of minimum wage ...  it would be wise to institute policies now, such as investing in higher ...
evidence_3: the data are obtained from the current population survey (cps), a national  monthly ... the industry with the highest percentage of workers earning hourly  wages at or below ... it should be noted that many states have minimum wage  laws establishing ..... texas. 6,188, 242, 100, 141, 7.7, 11.2, 14.3, 9.7, 3.9, 1.6,  2.3. utah.
evidence_4: mar 12, 2013 ... the percentage of workers earning the federal minimum wage declined in texas  and nationwide in 2012.
evidence_5: may 10, 2017 ... raising america's pay ... this form of wage theft affects 17 percent of low-wage  workers, with workers in all ... worst in pennsylvania and texas, where the  average victim of a minimum wage violation is ..... after florida (24.9 percent),  ohio has the second highest share with 22.7 percent of low-wage workers ...