par with some more skilled workers such as health technicians make $15 an hour, sales reps, receptionists, and department managers at retail stores, they also make $15 an hour. joining us is average low amador from the national restaurant association, vice president of labor and work force policy. good morning, angelo. good morning. right off the bat, should these workers make more money? we have to look at the economy. i m glad you invited me to talk about an industry that is creating jobs at a faster rate than the economy as a whole. as wear coming out as we re coming out of the recession we should be looking at ways of increasing jobs and growing the economy, not adding more burdens to small businesses. well, if you put it this way, though, you know, if you pay so many workers such low wage, those workers aren t going to be able to afford to buy anything. certainly they re not going to be able to afford to eat dinner,