<p>Tipped workers in Pennsylvania make only $2.83 an hour, and, while their employers are supposed to make up the difference to get them to the minimum wage of $7.25, that doesn’t always happen. Malcolm Burnley, a reporter with The Fuller Project, explains why service workers are paid this way in the first place — and why it’s so hard for many in <a href="https://time.com/5658442/tipped-restaurant-workers-american-economy/">this booming industry</a> to make ends meet.</p>

Tipped workers in Pennsylvania make only $2.83 an hour, and, while their employers are supposed to make up the difference to get them to the minimum wage of $7.25, that doesn’t always happen. Malcolm Burnley, a reporter with The Fuller Project, explains why service workers are paid this way in the first place — and why it’s so hard for many in this booming industry to make ends meet.

<p>Tipped workers in Pennsylvania make only $2.83 an hour, and, while their employers are supposed to make up the difference to get them to the minimum wage of $7.25, that doesn’t always happen. Malcolm Burnley, a reporter with The Fuller Project, explains why service workers are paid this way in the first place — and why it’s so hard for many in <a href="https://time.com/5658442/tipped-restaurant-workers-american-economy/" rel="noopener noreferrer">this booming industry</a> to make ends meet.</p>

Pa.’s $2.83 an hour tipped worker is probably broke

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