Employment+of+the+WPA

__**Forcing Ahead! Employment of the WPA**__

Out of the 20 million people employed by the WPA: 8.3 million were children under the age of 16 3.8 million people were between 16 and 65 750,000 people were 65 and over

Women Employed by the WPA:

13.5% of the WPA's employee's were women Husbands and Wives were not allowed to work together because the government believed that only one person from each family should be allowed to bring in the income. 2,000 women were part of the WPA in Philadelphia. Out of that 2,000 approximatly 90% of the women were married and lied to the government and only 18% admitted to living with their husbands.

Payment by the WPA:

Payment was determined by three things: 1. Region- of the country 2. Degree of urbanization 3. Individual Skills

The payment varied from $19 - $94 a month. All employees of the Works Progress Administration could not work more than 30 hours per week. 