The group known as the _________ in the United States has incomes from just above to just below the poverty line. These people typically hold unskilled jobs, seasonal migrant jobs in agriculture, and lower-paid factory and service jobs.
The working poor are described in the United States as people who have regular jobs and work full time but fall just above or below the poverty line due to low-income jobs and low familial household income. This group of people spend at least 27 weeks in a year working or looking for employment but remain under the poverty threshold or poverty line.
