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Charts: Who'd Be Directly Affected By A $10.50 Mass. Minimum Wage
Nearly 500,000 Massachusetts workers would be directly affected by an increase in the state minimum wage to $10.50 — the House-passed proposal — according to 2013 census data crunched by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute and provided to WBUR.
Here's a little breakdown of those 454,000 workers:
(Data from the 2013 U.S. Census/Economic Policy Institute; charts made with infogr.am.)
Gender:
![Gender](https://www.wbur.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2014/04/21.jpg)
Age:
![Age](https://www.wbur.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2014/04/5.jpg)
Education Level:
![Education level](https://www.wbur.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2014/04/41.jpg)
Marital Status:
![Marriage status](https://www.wbur.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2014/04/31.jpg)
Part- Or Full-Time Work Hours:
![Work hours](https://www.wbur.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2014/04/11.jpg)
Family Income Level:
![Family income level](https://www.wbur.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2014/04/6.jpg)