Almost half of Americans work in low-wage jobs
The low-wage workforce is part of every local U.S. economy, but it takes the biggest toll in the South and West.
Aimee Picchi is associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. She previously worked at Bloomberg News and has been published by national news outlets including USA Today and Consumer Reports. Aimee frequently writes about retirement, and has been a National Press Foundation fellow for reporting on retirement and Columbia University's Age Boom Academy. She's also the editor of the Institutional Investor book "Cultivating the Affluent II," with noted wealth consultant Russ Alan Prince.
The low-wage workforce is part of every local U.S. economy, but it takes the biggest toll in the South and West.
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