27% of Michigan workers in low-wage jobs

I read this article in the Detroit Free Press last Sunday which goes along with the stagnant job market and anemic income growth we have seen here in the US.  As most readers know I reside in the metro Detroit area in Michigan.  However, I don't believe that this article would be that much different than any other state in the US besides maybe the Dakota's where unemployment rates are much lower due to the gas boom.

Author Katherine Yung, states in her piece that new data from the Michigan League for Human Services, a research and advocacy organization, show that 27% of all Michigan workers, or nearly a million people, are stuck in positions where they can barely earn a living.

• Of the seven occupations that employ the greatest number of workers in Michigan, five have a median wage that will not bring a family of four out of poverty, according to the MLHS.
• "In the jobs where most people are working in our state ... five of the areas don't support families," said Gilda Jacobs, CEO and president of the MLHS. "That's kind of a red flag." 

Full article here