2017 Annual Averages ‐ 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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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	2017
	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	80,439	1,282	542	1,824	2.3

OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	18,233	79	23	102	0.6
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	5,293	28	2	30	0.6
Management occupations	3,163	17	1	18	0.6
Business and financial operations occupations	2,130	11	1	12	0.6
Professional and related occupations	12,940	51	21	72	0.6
Computer and mathematical occupations	1,130	1	2	4	0.3
Architecture and engineering occupations	1,009	3	0	3	0.3
Life, physical, and social science occupations	416	4	0	4	1.0
Community and social service occupations	1,030	6	2	7	0.7
Legal occupations	363	0	0	0	0.0
Education, training, and library occupations	2,750	14	9	23	0.8
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	954	8	3	11	1.1
Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	5,288	14	5	19	0.4
Service occupations	19,261	1,009	240	1,249	6.5
Healthcare support occupations	2,907	36	17	53	1.8
Protective service occupations	1,996	19	8	27	1.3
Food preparation and serving related occupations	7,199	837	134	971	13.5
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	3,887	40	40	80	2.0
Personal care and service occupations	3,273	77	42	119	3.6
Sales and office occupations	20,214	82	207	289	1.4
Sales and related occupations	8,010	58	141	199	2.5
Office and administrative support occupations	12,204	24	66	90	0.7
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	9,188	26	6	31	0.3
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	792	8	1	10	1.2
Construction and extraction occupations	5,023	10	1	11	0.2
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	3,372	7	4	11	0.3
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	13,543	86	67	153	1.1
Production occupations	6,913	29	19	48	0.7
Transportation and material moving occupations	6,630	57	48	105	1.6

INDUSTRY
Private sector	70,794	1,230	514	1,744	2.5
Agriculture and related industries	886	6	0	6	0.7
Nonagricultural industries	69,908	1,223	514	1,737	2.5
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	397	1	1	1	0.4
Construction	5,294	13	2	14	0.3
Manufacturing	9,274	31	21	52	0.6
Durable goods	5,680	23	11	34	0.6
Nondurable goods	3,594	8	10	19	0.5
Wholesale and retail trade	12,922	69	138	207	1.6
Wholesale trade	1,658	3	4	7	0.4
Retail trade	11,265	66	134	200	1.8
Transportation and utilities	3,684	17	9	25	0.7
Transportation and warehousing	3,125	15	9	24	0.8
Utilities	559	1	0	1	0.2
Information(1)	1,086	2	4	6	0.5
Publishing, except Internet	146	0	0	0	0.0
Motion pictures and sound recording industries	206	1	1	2	0.9
Radio and television broadcasting and cable subscription programming	261	2	0	2	0.6
Telecommunications	379	0	1	1	0.2
Financial activities	3,545	14	11	24	0.7
Finance and insurance	2,465	6	5	12	0.5
Finance	1,513	2	0	2	0.1
Insurance	952	5	5	10	1.0
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,080	7	5	13	1.2
Professional and business services	6,607	33	30	63	1.0
Professional and technical services	2,949	15	3	18	0.6
Management, administrative, and waste services	3,658	18	27	45	1.2
Education and health services	13,813	97	62	159	1.2
Educational services	1,782	13	19	32	1.8
Health care and social assistance	12,031	84	43	127	1.1
Leisure and hospitality	10,015	893	213	1,105	11.0
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	1,595	55	21	76	4.8
Accommodation and food services	8,421	837	191	1,029	12.2
Accommodation	1,080	22	12	33	3.1
Food services and drinking places	7,340	816	180	995	13.6
Other services	3,271	54	25	79	2.4
Other services, except private households	2,842	44	19	63	2.2
Private households	429	10	6	17	3.9
Public sector	9,645	52	28	80	0.8
Federal government	1,807	8	6	13	0.7
State government	2,935	11	9	20	0.7
Local government	4,903	33	13	46	0.9
Footnotes (1) Includes other industries, not shown separately.
NOTE: The prevailing Federal minimum wage was $7.25 per hour in 2017. 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: January 16, 2019