[Paulie]

>>>According to CNN, 260,000 Americans with a college or professional degree made at or below the federal minimum wage last year.<<<

Below the minimum wage? I thought only the illegals here who pick cabbage on the farms make less (which is why we need amnesty - so that they can command higher wages and allow a new crop of illegals in to pick up the slack) than minimum.

But these are degreed Americans. Mmmm....

[LevinFan]

” Below the minimum wage? I thought only
the illegals here who pick cabbage on the
farms make less (which is why we need
amnesty - so that they can command
higher wages and allow a new crop of
illegals in to pick up the slack) than
minimum.”

Probably tax adjusted to include job related expenses. That pushes minimum wage effectively under the wire.

[ozarkgirl]

Below the minimum wage?

I'm guessing they're looking at the annual income. If you only work 6 months and are unemployed the rest of the year, I think that might put you under minimum wage.

[OneWingedShark]

I thought only the illegals here who pick cabbage on the farms make less than minimum.

As I understand it, most food service jobs pay a LOT less than minimum wage, supposedly because they're earning tips.

[Boogieman]

“I thought only the illegals here who pick cabbage on the farms make less”

No, people who get paid tips or commissions also can be paid less.

[tanknetter]

Waiters and waitresses, and even iirc busboys, make less than minimum
wage. The law permits that under the assumption that they’ll make up the difference in tips.