WASHINGTON -- One in every five U.S. jobs pays less than a poverty-level wage for a family of four, according to a study by the nonpartisan Working Poor Families Project.
The result of so many low-paying jobs is that nearly 39 million Americans, including 20 million children, are members of "low-income working families" -- with barely enough money to cover basic needs like housing, groceries and child care, the study found.
The study classified a "working family" as one in which there was one or more children and at least one family member had a job or was actively seeking work.
Besides staying current on bills, many of these folks also struggled to save up for a bigger home or for a child's college education, said Brandon Roberts, one of the report's authors.
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