Reduce Underemployment

Percent of individuals who have worked full-time and year-round in the past 12 months and still live in poverty

Reduce Underemployment

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Underemployment essentially tells the story of people working full-time, year-round, and still living in poverty. San Antonio's underemployment numbers have fluctuated since 2010. It came in below the original baseline number for the first time in 2019.

MIT's Living Wage Calculator estimates the hourly rate a person must earn in a single-person household, as well as households with children. The tool offers County-estimated data based on minimum wage, poverty wage, and living wage. Bexar County estimates are updated through 2019.

2018 OnTheMap Census Data shows that 1 in 4 workers in San Antonio's private sector earn $1,250 per month or less.

Individuals Who Worked Full-Time and Year-Round and Live Below Poverty

Goal

Reduce the percentage of individuals who worked full-time and year-round and live below poverty to 2% (2% by 2020)

Data

Year	Value	Margin of Error
2010	4%	±0.5%
2011	4%	±0.7%
2012	5%	±0.7%
2013	4%	±0.6%
2014	5%	±0.6%
2015	4%	±0.6%
2016	4%	±0.6%
2017	4%	±0.5%
2018	5%	±0.6%
2019	3%	±0.5%

Source

US Census Bureau American Community Survey 1-Yr Estimate, Table S1701

Reduce Underemployment

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Individuals Who Worked Full-Time and Year-Round and Live Below Poverty

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