Wage and salary workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the prevailing Federal minimum wage by selected characteristics : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
44. Wage and salary workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the prevailing Federal minimum wage by selected characteristics
[Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic	2013
	Workers paid hourly rates
	Total	Below prevailing Federal minimum wage	At prevailing Federal minimum wage	Total at or below prevailing Federal minimum wage
	Total	Below prevailing Federal minimum wage	At prevailing Federal minimum wage	Number	Percent of hourly-paid workers
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	75,948	1,768	1,532	3,301	4.3
16 to 24 years	15,110	808	855	1,663	11.0
25 years and over	60,838	961	677	1,638	2.7

Men, 16 years and over	37,544	621	622	1,243	3.3
16 to 24 years	7,558	273	382	656	8.7
25 years and over	29,985	347	240	587	2.0

Women, 16 years and over	38,404	1,148	910	2,058	5.4
16 to 24 years	7,552	534	473	1,007	13.3
25 years and over	30,852	614	437	1,051	3.4

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White	59,515	1,394	1,160	2,554	4.3
Men	29,947	480	470	949	3.2
Women	29,569	914	691	1,605	5.4

Black or African American	10,233	224	276	500	4.9
Men	4,590	87	121	209	4.5
Women	5,643	137	155	292	5.2

Asian	3,495	71	43	114	3.3
Men	1,606	26	18	44	2.7
Women	1,888	45	25	70	3.7

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	14,706	325	318	644	4.4
Men	8,365	157	123	281	3.4
Women	6,341	168	195	363	5.7

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS(1)
Full-time workers	55,387	726	447	1,173	2.1
Men	30,309	291	184	475	1.6
Women	25,078	435	263	698	2.8

Part-time workers	20,453	1,040	1,085	2,125	10.4
Men	7,188	328	438	766	10.7
Women	13,265	711	648	1,359	10.2
Footnotes (1) The distinction between full- and part-time workers is based on hours usually worked. These data will not sum to totals because full- or part-time status on the principal job is not identifiable for a small number of multiple jobholders. Full time is 35 hours or more per week; part time is less than 35 hours.
NOTE: The prevailing Federal minimum wage was $7.25 per hour in 2013. Data are for wage and salary workers; all self-employed workers are excluded, both those with incorporated businesses and those with unincorporated businesses. The data refer to a person's earnings on the sole or principal job, and pertain only to workers who are paid hourly rates. Salaried workers and other nonhourly workers are not included. Hourly earnings for hourly-paid workers do not include overtime pay, commissions, or tips received. The presence of workers with hourly earnings below the minimum wage does not necessarily indicate violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act, as there are exceptions to the minimum wage provisions of the law. In addition, some survey respondents may have rounded hourly earnings to the nearest dollar and, as a result, reported hourly earnings below the minimum wage even though they earned the minimum wage or higher. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: February 26, 2014