Document Type
Report
Publication Date
4-21-2025
Publication Title
Economic Development & Workforce Fact Sheet No. 73
Publisher
The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West
First page number:
1
Last page number:
2
Abstract
This fact sheet presents 2024 data on low wage workers in the five Mountain West states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. The 2024 Oxfam America report, “The Crisis of Low Wages: Who earns less than $17 an hour in the U.S. in 2024?,” contains data on wage earners across all 50 states, the District of Columbia (D.C.), and Puerto Rico. This fact sheet focuses on the number and percentage of workers earning under $17 per hour in Mountain West states, as well as disparities in low-wage earnings by gender and race across the region.
Keywords
Income inequality; Gender pay gap; Racial pay gap; Low wages; Minimum wage; Workers; Nevada; Mountain West
Disciplines
Economic Policy | Economics | Income Distribution | Public Policy | Race and Ethnicity
File Format
File Size
126 KB
Language
English
Publisher Citation
Noll, C., Sharma, K., Faris, M., Mitchell, S., Saladino, C.J., Brown, W.E. (2025). Low Wage Workers in Mountain West States, 2024. The Data Hub at The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West. Economic Development & Workforce Fact Sheet No. 73, 1-2.
Repository Citation
Noll, C.,
Sharma, K.,
Faris, M.,
Mitchell, S.,
Saladino, C. J.,
Brown, W. E.
(2025).
Low Wage Workers in Mountain West States, 2024.
Economic Development & Workforce Fact Sheet No. 73
1-2.
Available at:
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/bmw_lincy_econdev/74
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