HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES Table 44. Wage and salary workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the prevailing Federal minimum wage by selected characteristics (Numbers in thousands) 2004 Workers paid hourly rates Total at or below prevailing Federal minimum wage Characteristic Below At Percent of prevailing prevailing hourly-paid Total Federal Federal Number workers minimum minimum wage wage SEX AND AGE Total, 16 years and over................................. 73,939 1,483 520 2,003 2.7 16 to 24 years......................................... 16,174 750 272 1,021 6.3 25 years and over...................................... 57,765 733 249 982 1.7 Men, 16 years and over................................... 36,806 470 210 680 1.8 16 to 24 years......................................... 8,305 239 127 366 4.4 25 years and over...................................... 28,500 231 83 314 1.1 Women, 16 years and over................................. 37,133 1,013 310 1,323 3.6 16 to 24 years......................................... 7,869 510 145 655 8.3 25 years and over...................................... 29,265 502 166 668 2.3 RACE, SEX, AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY White, 16 years and over................................. 59,877 1,286 395 1,681 2.8 Men.................................................... 30,255 393 161 555 1.8 Women.................................................. 29,621 892 234 1,126 3.8 Black or African American, 16 years and over............. 9,417 128 99 228 2.4 Men.................................................... 4,243 49 40 89 2.1 Women.................................................. 5,174 79 59 138 2.7 Asian, 16 years and over................................. 2,672 30 8 38 1.4 Men.................................................... 1,295 12 3 15 1.2 Women.................................................. 1,378 18 5 23 1.7 Hispanic or Latino, 16 years and over.................... 12,073 168 82 250 2.1 Men.................................................... 7,183 66 32 99 1.4 Women.................................................. 4,890 102 49 151 3.1 FULL- AND PART-TIME STATUS AND SEX (1) Full-time workers........................................ 55,739 583 177 760 1.4 Men.................................................... 30,951 223 77 300 1.0 Women.................................................. 24,788 360 100 460 1.9 Part-time workers........................................ 18,046 897 343 1,240 6.9 Men.................................................... 5,770 246 132 378 6.6 Women.................................................. 12,276 651 210 861 7.0 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. NOTE: The prevailing Federal minimum wage was $5.15 per hour in 2004. Data are for wage and salary workers, excluding the incorporated self-employed. They refer to a person's earnings on their sole or principal job, and pertain only to workers who are paid hourly rates. Salaried workers and other nonhourly workers are not included. The presence of workers with hourly earnings below the minimum wage does not necessarily indicate violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, as there are exceptions to the minimum wage provisions of the law. In addition, some survey respondents might 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. Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.