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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
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]
Characteristic2017
Workers paid hourly rates
TotalBelow
prevailing
Federal
minimum
wage
At
prevailing
Federal
minimum
wage
Total at or below prevailing
Federal minimum
wage
NumberPercent of
hourly-paid
workers

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over

80,4391,2825421,8242.3

16 to 24 years

15,9745693218915.6

25 years and over

64,4657122219331.4

Men, 16 years and over

39,7814522266781.7

16 to 24 years

8,0091981313294.1

25 years and over

31,772254953491.1

Women, 16 years and over

40,6588293161,1462.8

16 to 24 years

7,9653711905627.1

25 years and over

32,6934581265841.8

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

White

61,2581,0163591,3752.2

Men

30,8613361544901.6

Women

30,3986802058852.9

Black or African American

11,8291551463012.5

Men

5,38576581352.5

Women

6,44579881662.6

Asian

4,0015614701.7

Men

1,841194231.3

Women

2,1603710472.2

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

16,6042001013011.8

Men

9,13177481241.4

Women

7,473123531762.4

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS(1)

Full-time workers

60,2055101306401.1

Men

32,808207592650.8

Women

27,397303713751.4

Part-time workers

20,1397694121,1815.9

Men

6,9212451674125.9

Women

13,2195242457695.8

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 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 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. Estimates for the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

 

Last Modified Date: January 16, 2019