# Lack of low-wage workers... where have they gone?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 3, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lack-of-low-wage-workers-where-have-they-gone/953752 "2021-11-03T20:59:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2021, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lack-of-low-wage-workers-where-have-they-gone/953752/34 "2021-11-04T11:49:25Z")

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Lots of good discussion here if it hasn’t been linked already. This new thread is largely duplicative.

> [@The Nahployment 'Crisis'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nahployment-crisis/941117/1072):
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> As I’ve said before, Republicans have developed talking out of both sides of their ass into a fine art. I’ve even seen them manage it in the same sentence.

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> [@Chronos](#):
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> I’ve heard that the biggest factor is two-income families deciding to become one-income families, with one spouse staying home full-time. This is consistent with teachers (not highly paid, but far from minimum wage) being one of the professions currently in demand: A lot of teachers are married to someone who makes more than them, so if someone’s going to leave work, it makes sense for it to be the teacher.

Census does track earners per household (table H-12) but it’s an annual statistic so we’ll have to wait and see.

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