evidence: Gender and Racial Equity Women and people of color are disproportionately confined to minimum wage jobs, specifically in the healthcare and service industries, providing little opportunity for upward mobility and building wealth. Women compose the majority of low-wage workers making less than $11 per hour and almost 80 percent of the lowest wage workers making less than $10 per hour. Black and Latina women are far more likely than white women to hold these kinds of jobs. More than half of African American workers and almost 60 percent of Latinx workers make less than $15. While the overall number of Americans making $15 or less per hour is going down, the proportion of Black and Latina women continues to increase in this category. It is no surprise then that Black (21.7 percent) and Latinx (17.2 percent) households experienced food insecurity at rates triple and double that of White (7.1 percent) households in 2020.