i know factory workers who make under 20k a year so drop that number even more. companies will say oo we will hire you for training for 10/hr for a few months and you might be able to get 20/hr then fire you right after your training. they dont need workers that are super skilled. they would rather have a cheap worker for a limited time. so once you do 3mths work hard labor because you want people to like you at your job then you get fired. places do this every day.
national average for a factory worker is about $20/hr so that means people make less