LogFAQs > #882461277

On the topic of minimum wage, quite a few people make less, and not just undocumented workers.

Many jobs pay less (babysitters/nanny positions in my area for instance can make way less in some situations, but almost all pay less then the $11 min wage here).

Under the table jobs are still fairly common, tutors, baby sitters, landscapers etc, and usually they make less.

It's certainly not a large percentage of society, but it's not a tiny number either.

Meanwhile some companies get around min wage by paying a salary. The laws aside, salaried employees can easily be taken advantage of, and are often. Even attorneys just starting off can end up making less then minimum wage.

The Law offices of Susan Jefferies for instance in Alameda CA, often hired brand new attorneys for 25k a year, which you would imagine nobody would accept a job at that rate, it was very hard for new attorneys to find positions.

25k a year isn't bad if your only working 40 hours a week, it's $11 an hour. Problem is new attorneys where expected to work WAY more then 40 hours a week (60 would be a light week), do all the grunt work, and often work on weekends (to prep for trials next week etc). It was so bad that many ended up deciding not to be attorneys after all the work and expense to pass the bar, and went back to their old jobs (even in one case back into waste management lol).

I'd say the most they made on average per hour was about $7..which was less then minimum wage at the time.

So yeah, it's pretty freaking possible for people to have professional jobs and make less then minimum wage.
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