Wage and salary workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the prevailing Federal minimum wage by occupation and industry : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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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]
Occupation and industry	2013
	Workers paid hourly rates
	Total	Below prevailing Federal minimum wage	At prevailing Federal minimum wage	Total at or below prevailing Federal minimum wage
	Total	Below prevailing Federal minimum wage	At prevailing Federal minimum wage	Number	Percent of hourly-paid workers
Total wage and salary workers	75,948	1,768	1,532	3,301	4.3

OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	16,104	54	103	158	1.0
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	4,649	22	16	38	0.8
Management occupations	2,660	19	10	29	1.1
Business and financial operations occupations	1,989	3	6	9	0.5
Professional and related occupations	11,455	32	87	120	1.0
Computer and mathematical occupations	952	2	5	7	0.7
Architecture and engineering occupations	837	0	4	4	0.5
Life, physical, and social science occupations	389	0	2	2	0.6
Community and social service occupations	832	6	11	17	2.1
Legal occupations	391	3	1	4	1.1
Education, training, and library occupations	2,442	5	38	43	1.8
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	839	5	8	14	1.6
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations	4,773	10	18	28	0.6
Service occupations	18,613	1,364	735	2,099	11.3
Healthcare support occupations	2,888	47	40	86	3.0
Protective service occupations	1,937	33	28	61	3.1
Food preparation and serving related occupations	7,107	1,112	428	1,540	21.7
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	3,801	69	114	184	4.8
Personal care and service occupations	2,880	103	125	228	7.9
Sales and office occupations	19,934	174	501	674	3.4
Sales and related occupations	7,844	117	360	478	6.1
Office and administrative support occupations	12,089	56	140	197	1.6
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	8,452	47	46	94	1.1
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	644	19	16	35	5.4
Construction and extraction occupations	4,486	20	18	38	0.8
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	3,322	9	12	21	0.6
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	12,846	129	147	276	2.1
Production occupations	6,646	57	48	105	1.6
Transportation and material moving occupations	6,200	72	99	171	2.8

INDUSTRY
Private sector	66,622	1,705	1,440	3,144	4.7
Agriculture and related industries	742	17	14	32	4.3
Nonagricultural industries	65,880	1,687	1,426	3,113	4.7
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	592	3	2	5	0.9
Construction	4,474	19	18	37	0.8
Manufacturing	8,889	43	51	94	1.1
Durable goods	5,461	26	24	50	0.9
Nondurable goods	3,427	17	27	44	1.3
Wholesale and retail trade	12,446	137	350	487	3.9
Wholesale trade	1,637	11	8	19	1.2
Retail trade	10,809	125	343	468	4.3
Transportation and utilities	3,310	19	17	37	1.1
Transportation and warehousing	2,812	19	16	35	1.3
Utilities	498	1	1	2	0.3
Information(1)	1,140	10	22	31	2.8
Publishing, except Internet	202	2	2	4	1.9
Motion pictures and sound recording industries	162	4	13	17	10.3
Radio and television broadcasting and cable subscription programming	255	3	1	4	1.4
Telecommunications	418	1	3	4	1.0
Financial activities	3,362	15	14	29	0.9
Finance and insurance	2,368	12	4	16	0.7
Finance	1,496	7	3	10	0.7
Insurance	872	4	1	5	0.6
Real estate and rental and leasing	994	4	10	13	1.3
Professional and business services	6,161	52	77	128	2.1
Professional and technical services	2,566	9	12	20	0.8
Management, administrative, and waste services	3,595	43	65	108	3.0
Education and health services	12,803	116	162	278	2.2
Educational services	1,519	17	36	53	3.5
Health care and social assistance	11,284	99	126	226	2.0
Leisure and hospitality	9,546	1,194	620	1,814	19.0
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	1,509	69	61	131	8.7
Accommodation and food services	8,037	1,125	558	1,683	20.9
Accommodation	1,016	45	27	73	7.1
Food services and drinking places	7,021	1,079	531	1,611	22.9
Other services	3,157	79	93	172	5.4
Other services, except private households	2,658	62	66	128	4.8
Private households	499	17	26	44	8.7
Public sector	9,326	64	93	156	1.7
Federal government	1,749	7	6	13	0.7
State government	2,627	17	38	55	2.1
Local government	4,950	40	48	88	1.8
Footnotes (1) Includes other industries, not shown separately.
NOTE: The prevailing Federal minimum wage was $7.25 per hour in 2013. 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 non-hourly 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: February 26, 2014