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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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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 2023
Workers paid hourly rates
Total Below
prevailing
Federal
minimum
wage
At
prevailing
Federal
minimum
wage
Total at or below prevailing
Federal minimum
wage
Number Percent of
hourly-paid
workers

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over

80,538 789 81 869 1.1

16 to 24 years

16,591 339 47 386 2.3

25 years and over

63,947 449 34 483 0.8

Men, 16 years and over

40,314 241 29 270 0.7

16 to 24 years

8,205 72 23 96 1.2

25 years and over

32,110 169 6 174 0.5

Women, 16 years and over

40,224 548 51 599 1.5

16 to 24 years

8,386 267 23 290 3.5

25 years and over

31,837 281 28 309 1.0

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

White

60,299 610 56 666 1.1

Men

30,758 194 18 211 0.7

Women

29,541 416 38 455 1.5

Black or African American

12,353 114 16 130 1.1

Men

5,741 26 8 34 0.6

Women

6,612 88 8 96 1.4

Asian

4,083 25 3 27 0.7

Men

1,888 9 0 9 0.5

Women

2,195 15 3 18 0.8

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

18,841 148 20 168 0.9

Men

10,211 52 11 63 0.6

Women

8,630 96 9 104 1.2

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS(1)

Full-time workers

61,220 412 31 443 0.7

Men

33,552 142 11 153 0.5

Women

27,668 270 20 290 1.0

Part-time workers

19,233 374 49 423 2.2

Men

6,727 97 18 115 1.7

Women

12,506 277 31 308 2.5

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 2023. 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 26, 2024