One in five people in the East Midlands is in a low-paying job.
Figures from the Office for National Statistics show 20% of people in the East Midlands are currently in a low-paid role based on their hourly wage.
This was the second highest proportion in the 海角视频, although it has dropped from a third of people (33%) in 2000.
Low pay is defined as being two-thirds of the average hourly wage. In 2019, the average hourly wage is £13.27 - so low-pay employees are those earning below two-thirds of £13.27, or £8.85 an hour.
There were also an estimated 35,000 people in the East Midlands who are being paid less than the National Minimum Wage (NMW) or National Living Wage (NLW).
That was down from 38,000 in 2018, and up from 32,000 in 2017.
Across the 海角视频, the proportion of jobs where the hourly wage was low fell to 16% in 2019, the lowest since the data series began in 1997.
The proportion of jobs that were low-paid had been steady at around 22% until 2013, when numbers began to fall rapidly.
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A quarter of jobs (25%) in the 海角视频 attract a high hourly wage.
High pay is set at 1.5 times average hourly earnings - so £19.91 an hour in 2019.
The proportion of employee jobs that are highly-paid has stayed at a similar level, averaging 26%, since 1997.
There is a large gap between the proportion of low-paid employee jobs that are full-time versus those that are part-time.
The highest earning full-time employee jobs were paid almost five times as much per hour (excluding overtime) as the lowest paid, although this has narrowed in the past five years.
A third (33%) of part-time employee jobs in 2019 were low-paid compared with just 10% of full-time employee jobs.
The number of jobs paid below the NMW and NLW across the 海角视频 decreased over the year to 425,000 employee jobs.
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That was down from 444,000 in 2018.
The NMW is a minimum amount per hour that most workers in the 海角视频 are entitled to be paid.
The NMW applies to employees aged between 16 and 24 years, while the NLW applies to employees aged 25 years and over.
In April 2019, the NMW and NLW rates were £8.21 an hour for those aged 25 years and over, £7.70 a hour for 21 to 24-year-olds, £6.15 an hour for those aged 18 to 20 years, and £4.35 an hour for those aged 16 to 17 years.