Tell It Like It Is: MB360: 51.4 million U.S. jobs are low-wage

No wonder so many people are dropping out of the labor force!

Forty percent of all U.S. employment pays $15 an hour or less. And, with the exception of registered nurses, all the top employment fields in the U.S. pay less than $35,000 per year.

A land of low-wage jobs: For every job that pays above the low-wage threshold of $15 an hour you have 7 job-seekers. 51.4 million low-wage jobs in U.S.