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Cynthia S Hernandez Senior Research Associate Research Institute on Social & Economic Policy Center for Research & Studies
MEDIAN
INCOME U.S. Florida Difference
4-person family $77,953 $66,461 $11,492
Family $64,030 $55,774 $8,256
Household $52,250 $46,036 $6,214
WAGES
Share of workers
earning below
poverty wage 27.6% 29.9% 2.3%
Poverty U.S. Florida Difference
Total population in
poverty 15.8% 17.0% 1.2%
Twice poverty 33.9% 35.2% 1.3%
Under 18 in poverty 22.2% 24.5% 2.3%
Florida Miami Dade
Average 15.6% 19.1%
Women 16.6% 20.7% Men 14.6% 17.4%
African Americans 27.0% 29.0%
Hispanics 20.6% 18.8%
Non-Hispanic Whites 13.0% 16.7%
Children under 18 22.5% 25.4%
Source: ACS, U.S. Census
Industry Total Recovered Wages by
Industry
Number of Wage Theft
Cases
Accommodation and Food Services $17,623,384.36 2,700
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting $2,228,648.58 2,006
Health Care and Social Assistance $10,601,258.23 1,456
Construction $16,465,587.46 1,512
Retail Trade $6,135,251.71 1,117
Administrative and Support and Waste
Management and Remediation Services $13,459,115.24 1,088
Manufacturing $7,567,571.01 625
Other Services (Except Public Administration) $3,852,509.87 463
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services $6,545,112.87 428
Transportation and Warehousing $3,637,667.61 406
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing $1,826,343.97 257
Wholesale Trade $2,548,607.97 233
Information $1,913,307.70 231
Finance and Insurance $3,134,709.53 215
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation $2,375,730.73 193
Public Administration $1,254,478.43 92
Educational Services $1,361,385.35 139
Utilities $555,132.42 27
Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction $83,036.15 7
Management of Companies and Enterprises $62,442.70 5
Local Off-Track Betting Corp. $9,354.17 2
Total $85,607,897.53 13,202
County Total Wages Recovered Number of Employees
with Wage Theft Cases
Average Wages
Recovered Per
Employee
Miami-Dade $22,282,433.85 30,396 $803.54
Hillsborough $10,553,992.65 27,307 $522.57
Pinellas $7,584,628.81 14,531 $485.08
Orange $7,493,214.92 19,666 $532.29
Broward $7,211,533.27 12,815 $776.18
Palm Beach $7,002,659.35 11,024 $718.39
Duval $6,733,571.01 13,130 $630.13
Brevard $3,608,956.28 4,450 $568.63
Lee $2,281,781.05 4,254 $873.29
Polk $2,278,260.84 7,822 $621.62
Volusia $1,156,450.45 2,803 $435.43
Alachua $1,090,837.76 2,265 $452.42
Miami-Dade (2010)
Palm Beach
(legal aid model, 2011)
Broward (2013)
Alachua (2014)
Pinellas
Hillsborough