Table 26. Wage and salary workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the prevailing Federal minimum wage by selected characteristics, 2009 annual averages : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Table 26. Wage and salary workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the prevailing Federal minimum wage by selected characteristics, 2009 annual averages
Characteristic	Workers paid hourly rates
	Total	Total at or below prevailing Federal minimum wage
	Total	Total	Percent of hourly paid workers	At prevailing Federal minimum wage	Below prevailing Federal minimum wage
Age and sex
Total, 16 years and over	72,611	3,572	4.9	980	2,592
16 to 24 years	14,389	1,737	12.1	508	1,229
25 years and over	58,222	1,835	3.2	472	1,363
Women, 16 years and over	37,426	2,215	5.9	612	1,603
16 to 24 years	7,344	1,064	14.5	295	769
25 years and over	30,082	1,151	3.8	318	833
Men, 16 years and over	35,185	1,358	3.9	368	990
16 to 24 years	7,045	674	9.6	214	460
25 years and over	28,140	684	2.4	154	530
Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
White	58,633	2,857	4.9	763	2,094
Women	29,760	1,783	6.0	463	1,320
Men	28,873	1,074	3.7	300	774
Black or African American	9,269	495	5.3	168	327
Women	5,231	302	5.8	117	185
Men	4,038	192	4.8	50	142
Asian	2,718	117	4.3	21	96
Women	1,460	70	4.8	15	55
Men	1,258	47	3.7	6	41
Hispanic or Latino	12,740	622	4.9	183	439
Women	5,449	331	6.1	102	229
Men	7,291	290	4.0	80	210
Full- and part-time status (1)
Full-time workers	52,454	1,272	2.4	320	952
Women	24,066	694	2.9	183	511
Men	28,388	579	2.0	137	442
Part-time workers	20,027	2,281	11.4	656	1,625
Women	13,307	1,513	11.4	428	1,085
Men	6,721	769	11.4	229	540
Footnotes: (1) Full time refers to persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week; part time refers to persons who usually work fewer than 35 hours per week. 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 rose from $6.55 an hour to $7.25 an hour on July 24, 2009. Data in this table reflect the average number of workers who earned $6.55 or less from January 2009 through July 2009 and those who earned $7.25 or less from August 2009 through the end of the year. Data are for wage and salary workers, excluding the incorporated self-employed. They refer to a person's earnings on his or her sole or principal job, and pertain only to workers who are paid hourly rates. Salaried workers and other nonhourly workers are not included. 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. SOURCE: Current Population Survey, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Last Modified Date: March 16, 2011