40 Million Have Substandard Wages and Benefits

 More than 40 million jobs in the United States – about one in three – pay roughly $11 an hour or less and rarely include health insurance, retirement accounts, paid sick days or other benefits, according to a new report by The Mobility Agenda, a project affiliated with the Center for Economic and Policy Research.

"All too often these low-wage jobs are replacing jobs that have supported a broad middle class," said Margy Waller, one of authors on "Understanding Low-Wage work in the United States."

The full report is available on the Center's website at www.cepr.net.