That’s a lot of us on minimum wage. On the surface of it, 2.6 Million sounds like roughly 10% of us. But the reality is even more grim than that. The number of people working is only a sub-set of Australians. According to ABS, there are about 14,620,600 Australians working. So, 2.6 Million is about 18% of workers.
That’s a lot of us on minimum wage. On the surface of it, 2.6 Million sounds like roughly 10% of us. But the reality is even more grim than that. The number of people working is only a sub-set of Australians. According to ABS, there are about 14,620,600 Australians working. So, 2.6 Million is about 18% of workers.