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The majority of new jobs through 2012 are projected to pay far below the current state median income of $48,008.
More dataOne third of all jobs in Northeastern Illinois, which includes the Chicago region as well as Grundy, Kendall, and Kankakee Counties, are low-wage service jobs.
More dataNationally, among women ages 20 to 64 who did not work for 4 or more consecutive months, 39% of were taking care of children or others. This is the primary reason among these women for not working.
More dataIf women were paid the same as comparable men, even if only for the hours women currently work, a recent study shows that poverty rates would fall by half for both single mothers and married women.
More dataAverage weekly wages fell in 7 of the 11 job sectors in Illinois from 2001 to 2007. This means that on a weekly basis, many Illinoisans have less purchasing power to pay for their needs.
More dataWomen make less than men in every single industry in Illinois. The same holds true for every single class of workers – private, nonprofit, government, and self-employed – and every occupation group.
More dataA worker earning $8.00 an hour at a full-time job makes $16,600 annually - the poverty level for a family of three.
More dataAround 3 million Illinois workers in the private-sector do not get paid sick days, including three fourths of low-wage earners.
More dataLooking ahead through 2012, 71.5% of jobs with earnings over $56,770 – family-sustaining wages – will require at least an associate's degree.
More dataLow-wage Illinois workers are 38.9% less likely to receive Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits than high-wage workers.
More dataIn Illinois, three quarters of single women with children work with 58.7% working full time and 41.3% working part time or part year.
More dataRural child poverty in Illinois rose 25.9% from 1999 to 2005 while the rural child population decreased 15.5%.
More dataIllinois women are significantly more likely to be poor than men during their working and child-rearing years as well as during retirement or old age, and minority women are particularly impacted.
More dataIllinois children living in immigrant families have the same poverty rate as children living in U.S.-born families.
More dataOnce poor, senior households are less likely to exit poverty than any other age group.
More dataImmigrants face greater risk of poverty than native-born individuals, but comprise a much smaller number of all people in poverty.
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