That is what a person making the minimum wage of $7.25 an hour earns for a full-time job.
They say many of them are paid less than half the $16 an hour earned by New York's unionized janitors.
A U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report in December found that the average state or local government worker earns more than $40.10 an hour in salary and benefits, or almost 50 percent more than the $27.88 an hour earned by the average private worker.
Over the next three years, he wants to unionize more than 20,000 nonunion building workers in New York City, New Jersey and Long Island -- workers who often earn $7 an hour, compared with the $16 an hour earned by the local's members.
When the Detroit automakers secure two-tier contracts, that enables them to pay new hires $16 an hour, far less than the $28 an hour earned by longtime workers.
Probably only around 3percentt of those in the work force are actually paid $5.15 or less an hour; most low-wage workers, including Wal-Mart employees, who generally start at between $6.50 and $7.50 an hour, earn more.
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This is 59% of the hourly rate of £14 per hour earned by those on the median (middle) wage.
"The top 1% of earners in the private sector, at more than £60.21 per hour, earns considerably more than the top 1% of earners in the public sector, at more than £49.65 per hour".
