US / Two thirds of minimum wage earners are women says Nancy Pelosi

The statement

“More than 64 percent of minimum-wage earners are women.”

Nancy Pelosi, U.S. House minority leader, in a news conference

The ruling

On news of the stock market hitting an all-time high, U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said it’s time to raise the minimum wage.

In a news conference on March 7, Pelosi, D-Calif., announced her support for a bill raising the federal minimum wage from the current $7.25 an hour to $10.10 an hour.

“If we are to honor our commitment to a middle class, which is the backbone of our democracy, we have to reflect … that intention in our public policy,” she said.

Then she added, “It is important to note in this Women’s History Month, that more than 64 percent of minimum-wage earners are women. So this has a big impact on the financial security of our women.”

A reader asked us on Facebook about the statistic — that nearly two-thirds of minimum-wage earners are women. We thought it was an interesting fact to check, and it turns out Pelosi is right.

Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor 

via About twice as many women as men earn minimum wage | Tampa Bay Times.

JMM: this statement should be true or nearly true in developed countries.