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)
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                2002                                   
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                     Workers paid hourly rates                         
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                       
                    Occupation and industry                                                              Total at or below prevailing  
                                                                                Below          At            Federal minimum wage      
                                                                              prevailing    prevailing                                   
                                                                Total          Federal       Federal                                     
                                                                               minimum       minimum                      Percent of    
                                                                                 wage          wage        Number        hourly-paid    
                                                                                                                           workers      
                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                           OCCUPATION                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                       
     Managerial and professional specialty.................     10,744            48            25            73              .7       
       Executive, administrative, and managerial...........      4,531            28             6            34              .8       
       Professional specialty..............................      6,212            20            19            39              .6       
                                                                                                                                       
     Technical, sales, and administrative support..........     22,594           157           174           331             1.5       
       Technicians and related support.....................      2,801             5             6            12              .4       
       Sales occupations...................................      7,467            97           108           204             2.7       
       Administrative support, including clerical..........     12,326            54            61           115              .9       
                                                                                                                                       
     Service occupations...................................     14,235         1,191           263         1,454            10.2       
       Private household...................................        371            58             5            63            17.0       
       Protective service..................................      1,655            15             3            18             1.1       
       Service, except private household and protective....     12,209         1,119           254         1,373            11.2       
         Food service workers..............................      5,839           975           166         1,141            19.5       
         Health service workers............................      2,416            32            12            44             1.8       
         Cleaning and building service workers.............      2,439            46            34            80             3.3       
         Personal service workers..........................      1,514            67            42           108             7.2       
                                                                                                                                       
     Precision production, craft, and repair...............      9,535            43            12            55              .6       
                                                                                                                                       
     Operators, fabricators, and laborers..................     14,170           137            80           216             1.5       
       Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors.......      5,610            30            17            47              .8       
       Transportation and material moving occupations......      3,745            38            11            49             1.3       
       Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers.      4,815            69            52           121             2.5       
                                                                                                                                       
     Farming, forestry, and fishing........................      1,443            22            15            38             2.6       
                                                                                                                                       
                            INDUSTRY                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                       
     Private wage and salary workers.......................     63,670         1,518           509         2,026             3.2       
         Agriculture.......................................      1,220            19            10            29             2.4       
         Nonagricultural industries........................     62,449         1,498           499         1,997             3.2       
           Mining..........................................        286             1          -                1              .5       
           Construction....................................      5,049            34             5            39              .8       
                                                                                                                                       
           Manufacturing...................................     11,355            35            31            66              .6       
             Durable goods.................................      6,833            21            17            38              .5       
             Nondurable goods..............................      4,521            14            14            29              .6       
                                                                                                                                       
           Transportation and public utilities.............      4,209            31             8            39              .9       
             Transportation................................      2,684            26             5            32             1.2       
             Communications and other public utilities.....      1,525             5             3             7              .5       
                                                                                                                                       
           Wholesale and retail trade......................     18,105         1,055           298         1,353             7.5       
             Wholesale trade...............................      2,230             9             4            13              .6       
             Retail trade..................................     15,874         1,046           294         1,340             8.4       
               Eating and drinking places..................      5,601           929           180         1,109            19.8       
                                                                                                                                       
           Finance, insurance, and real estate.............      3,010            14             8            22              .7       
           Services........................................     20,436           328           148           477             2.3       
             Private households............................        414            60             6            66            15.8       
             Other service industries......................     20,022           269           143           411             2.1       
               Personal services, except private households      1,829            72            42           114             6.2       
               Entertainment and recreation services.......      1,391            52            17            69             5.0       
                                                                                                                                       
     Government workers....................................      9,050            81            61           142             1.6       
       Federal.............................................      1,786            15             7            22             1.2       
       State...............................................      2,382            27            23            50             2.1       
       Local...............................................      4,882            39            30            70             1.4       

       NOTE:  The prevailing Federal minimum wage was $5.15 per hour in 2002.  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.