MANY STATE WORKERS DO NOT EARN ENOUGH TO COVER A BASIC FAMILY BUDGET - Ensuring that California workers are earning a living wa

SEIU 1000 2-pager MANY STATE WORKERS DO NOT EARN ENOUGH TO COVER A BASIC FAMILY BUDGET Ensuring that California workers are earning a living wa ge is essential for a full recovery from the economic upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. [...] Share of full-time state workers represented by SEIU Local 1000 who earn less than the wage required to support various family sizes: More than one-third (35%) of state More than two-thirds (69%) of Five percent of state workers workers represented by SEIU Local these state workers would be represented by SEIU Local 1000 1000 would be unable to support a unable to support themselves and lack suffi. [...] Despite providing services that are vital to the state of California, sizable shares of state workers represented by SEIU Local 1000 do not earn a family-sustaining wage even when working full time. [...] WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO STAY AFLOAT IN CALIFORNIA? Based on the MIT living wage calculator, which measures income adequacy by accounting for both family composition and geography, the 2022 self-sufficiency wage in California for a single adult is $21.24 a family with two working adults and two children is $30.06 a family with one working adult and one child is $43.44 MANY STATE WORKERS ACROSS OCCUPAT. [...] from the American Community Survey and CaliforniaDepartment of Human Resources, reveals that workers of –Susanna, food color and women are overrepresented in many of the preparation worker, lowest earning occupations in state government, including health care support, office and administration, Kings County and food preparation.