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

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Wage and salary workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the prevailing Federal minimum wage by occupation and industry

HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
45. Wage and salary workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the prevailing Federal minimum wage by occupation and industry
[Numbers in thousands]
Occupation and industry	2014
	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
Total wage and salary workers	77,207	1,737	1,255	2,992	3.9

OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	16,347	67	61	128	0.8
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	4,623	26	10	36	0.8
Management occupations	2,656	18	5	23	0.9
Business and financial operations occupations	1,967	8	5	14	0.7
Professional and related occupations	11,724	41	50	91	0.8
Computer and mathematical occupations	1,070	2	0	2	0.2
Architecture and engineering occupations	824	2	1	3	0.4
Life, physical, and social science occupations	390	2	2	5	1.2
Community and social service occupations	880	2	3	6	0.7
Legal occupations	363	4	0	4	1.1
Education, training, and library occupations	2,426	15	29	44	1.8
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	837	3	7	10	1.2
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations	4,933	11	7	18	0.4
Service occupations	18,762	1,363	595	1,958	10.4
Healthcare support occupations	2,852	56	29	86	3.0
Protective service occupations	1,964	31	22	53	2.7
Food preparation and serving related occupations	7,086	1,123	378	1,501	21.2
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	3,946	59	77	136	3.5
Personal care and service occupations	2,915	93	89	182	6.2
Sales and office occupations	20,186	147	427	573	2.8
Sales and related occupations	7,998	97	315	411	5.1
Office and administrative support occupations	12,187	50	112	162	1.3
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	8,741	38	17	55	0.6
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	662	10	6	16	2.5
Construction and extraction occupations	4,801	10	5	16	0.3
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	3,278	18	5	23	0.7
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	13,171	122	156	278	2.1
Production occupations	6,871	28	38	66	1.0
Transportation and material moving occupations	6,300	94	118	212	3.4

INDUSTRY
Private sector	67,956	1,665	1,178	2,843	4.2
Agriculture and related industries	767	10	9	19	2.5
Nonagricultural industries	67,189	1,655	1,170	2,824	4.2
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	601	3	0	3	0.4
Construction	4,796	12	7	19	0.4
Manufacturing	9,205	35	48	83	0.9
Durable goods	5,621	12	21	33	0.6
Nondurable goods	3,585	22	28	50	1.4
Wholesale and retail trade	12,697	119	298	417	3.3
Wholesale trade	1,605	6	13	19	1.2
Retail trade	11,091	113	285	398	3.6
Transportation and utilities	3,405	22	21	43	1.3
Transportation and warehousing	2,875	21	20	41	1.4
Utilities	530	1	1	2	0.4
Information(1)	1,175	9	19	29	2.4
Publishing, except Internet	185	0	5	5	2.5
Motion pictures and sound recording industries	180	6	11	17	9.4
Radio and television broadcasting and cable subscription programming	267	1	3	4	1.4
Telecommunications	435	1	1	2	0.5
Financial activities	3,281	16	12	29	0.9
Finance and insurance	2,379	9	3	12	0.5
Finance	1,489	6	2	8	0.6
Insurance	890	2	1	4	0.4
Real estate and rental and leasing	902	7	9	17	1.8
Professional and business services	6,220	48	63	111	1.8
Professional and technical services	2,554	9	9	18	0.7
Management, administrative, and waste services	3,666	39	55	94	2.6
Education and health services	13,123	113	130	244	1.9
Educational services	1,664	14	22	36	2.2
Health care and social assistance	11,458	99	108	207	1.8
Leisure and hospitality	9,525	1,195	515	1,711	18.0
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	1,476	59	46	106	7.2
Accommodation and food services	8,049	1,136	469	1,605	19.9
Accommodation	1,078	53	23	76	7.1
Food services and drinking places	6,971	1,083	446	1,529	21.9
Other services	3,162	82	54	137	4.3
Other services, except private households	2,589	57	40	97	3.7
Private households	574	25	15	40	6.9
Public sector	9,251	72	77	149	1.6
Federal government	1,677	8	4	12	0.7
State government	2,596	23	23	46	1.8
Local government	4,977	42	50	92	1.8
Footnotes (1) Includes other industries, not shown separately.
NOTE: The prevailing Federal minimum wage was $7.25 per hour in 2014. 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 non-hourly 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 12, 2015