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Friday, November 06, 2015

Why Childcare Workers Are So Poor, Even Though Childcare Costs So Much

Why Childcare Workers Are So Poor, Even Though Childcare Costs So Much 

On average, these women (it’s almost entirely women) are paid significantly less than the average American worker and are twice as likely to live in poverty, a new study released by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) found. The median hourly wage for childcare workers in the U.S. is $10.39, nearly 40 percent below the median hourly wage of workers in other occupations.

 



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