Foreign-born Hispanics saw notable progress in terms of wages from 1995 to 2005, according to a study by the Pew Hispanic Center.
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From 1995 to 2005, newly arrived Hispanic immigrants were older, better educated, and more likely to be employed in construction than in agriculture, which all played a part in lowering, from 64 percent to 50 percent, the proportion of newly arrived Hispanic immigrants who earned low wages.
The study found that despite the progress, many Latinos remain low-wage earners. While the share of Hispanics who earn low wages fell from 1995 to 2005, the absolute number of Hispanics who earned low wages grew by 1.2 million.
For the study, the researchers used Census Bureau data.
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