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The state minimum wage is $7.50, but the

tipped minimum wage is even lower at only$3.75. The minimum wage increases annually

with inflation due to a voter supported ballot

initiative. However, including tips, tipped

workers in Missouri earn a median wage

of only $8.00 — equivalent to $16,640 fora full-time year-round employee. Tipped

workers generally are allowed part-time

schedules that vary by season. Seven states

have eliminated the tipped minimum wage

— in those states tipped workers receive the

full minimum wage.

The Rising American Electorate refers to thedemographic groups that are growing themost rapidly, historically with lower voterparticipation rates, but whose growing civicengagement has been crucial in tipping thescales in recent elections. Tipped workersare primarily women, over 30% are moms,and although many are married, half of theseare single moms. Although the median age fortipped workers is 29, half of them are younger.And they are racially diverse, overrepresented

by Latinos, Asians, and African Americanscompared 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 TIPPEDWORKERS

In Missouri there are nearly 100,000 tipped

workers, and 66% of these work in therestaurant industry. The restaurant industryemploys nearly 10% of the workforce andis one of the fastest growing sectors of theUS economy. Unfortunately, the restaurantindustry offers several of Missouri’s lowest

paid jobs. Five of the ten lowest paidoccupations are in the restaurant industry,and two of these are tipped occupations.

TIPPEDMINIMUM WAGE

$3.75MINIMUM WAGE

$7.50MEDIAN WAGE FORTIPPED WORKERSINCLUDING TIPS

$8.00

GENDER

71%  2      9      %

Restaurant Opportunities Centers United

www.rocunited.org

COUNTER ATTENDANTS

SERVERS

2 LOWEST PAIDTIPPED OCCUPATIONS

TIPPED WORKERS WHOWORK IN RESTAURANTS

66%

M I S S O U R I

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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 tippedminimum 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 79%

Black 9%Asian 4%

Latino 4%

Other 4%

  <_24 37%  25-34 24%  35-44 13%  45+ 25%

RACE

AGEHIGHER EDUCATION

EDUCATION

PARENTS WITH CHILDREN

ON FREE LUNCHES

38%

MARITAL &

PARENTALSTATUS

49%

Married 29%

Parents 29%Dads 20%Moms 33%

Single Moms 16%

      P      O

      V      E      R      T      Y

RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGELiving off tips is precarious, but it doesn’t have

to be this way. Raising the minimum wage andeliminating the tipped credit would providea significant stimulus to the U.S. economy intipped wages alone, providing a boost to localeconomies 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 ➤ 9.4 BILLION

   B   I   L   L   I   O   N

   I   N   D

   U   S   T   R   Y

   G   R

   O   W   T   H

30%

   P   O   V  E R

 TY  R  A  T    E    

T      I     P    P   E  D   W O  R  K 

   E   R    S

   P   O   V  E R

 TY  R  A  T    E    

 T    I        P   P        

E      D      R    

E   S  T  A UR A  N   T     W

     O      R        K

           E

        R        S

23%

21%

WORKERS ONFOOD STAMPS

2X REST OF MOWORKFORCE17%

29MEDIAN AGE

  of tippedworker moms

are single moms

MINIMIM

WAGE$10.10$12.00

$15.00

TIPPEDSTIMULUS

$12.7

$19.4

$30.1

Tippedrestaurant

workers

live in poverty at

3X the rate of theMissouri workforce.