2015 Annual Averages ‐ 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	2015
	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	78,232	1,691	870	2,561	3.3

OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	17,187	73	51	125	0.7
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	4,954	27	9	36	0.7
Management occupations	2,944	22	6	29	1.0
Business and financial operations occupations	2,011	5	3	7	0.4
Professional and related occupations	12,232	47	42	89	0.7
Computer and mathematical occupations	1,082	4	1	5	0.4
Architecture and engineering occupations	908	0	0	0	0.1
Life, physical, and social science occupations	409	2	0	2	0.6
Community and social service occupations	936	2	5	6	0.7
Legal occupations	390	1	0	1	0.3
Education, training, and library occupations	2,535	18	21	38	1.5
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	852	5	6	10	1.2
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations	5,121	15	10	25	0.5
Service occupations	18,879	1,283	381	1,664	8.8
Healthcare support occupations	2,853	33	30	63	2.2
Protective service occupations	1,965	41	7	49	2.5
Food preparation and serving related occupations	7,117	1,056	214	1,270	17.8
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	3,932	69	64	133	3.4
Personal care and service occupations	3,012	84	66	150	5.0
Sales and office occupations	20,151	153	303	457	2.3
Sales and related occupations	7,996	101	211	312	3.9
Office and administrative support occupations	12,154	52	93	145	1.2
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	8,758	57	25	82	0.9
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	693	21	13	34	4.9
Construction and extraction occupations	4,745	19	7	27	0.6
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	3,319	17	4	22	0.7
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	13,258	124	109	233	1.8
Production occupations	6,824	41	37	77	1.1
Transportation and material moving occupations	6,434	83	72	155	2.4

INDUSTRY
Private sector	68,895	1,610	830	2,440	3.5
Agriculture and related industries	825	18	11	29	3.5
Nonagricultural industries	68,070	1,593	819	2,411	3.5
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	475	1	2	3	0.6
Construction	4,807	18	8	25	0.5
Manufacturing	9,094	55	33	89	1.0
Durable goods	5,726	34	16	50	0.9
Nondurable goods	3,368	21	17	39	1.1
Wholesale and retail trade	13,021	116	230	346	2.7
Wholesale trade	1,675	15	9	24	1.4
Retail trade	11,346	100	221	322	2.8
Transportation and utilities	3,395	28	15	43	1.3
Transportation and warehousing	2,847	27	14	40	1.4
Utilities	547	1	1	2	0.4
Information(1)	1,079	3	15	18	1.7
Publishing, except Internet	170	1	1	2	1.0
Motion pictures and sound recording industries	168	1	11	12	7.3
Radio and television broadcasting and cable subscription programming	271	1	2	3	1.1
Telecommunications	385	0	0	0	0.0
Financial activities	3,499	15	8	23	0.7
Finance and insurance	2,464	10	5	15	0.6
Finance	1,533	6	2	8	0.5
Insurance	931	4	3	7	0.7
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,035	5	4	8	0.8
Professional and business services	6,336	50	41	91	1.4
Professional and technical services	2,654	13	5	19	0.7
Management, administrative, and waste services	3,682	37	35	72	2.0
Education and health services	13,283	102	110	213	1.6
Educational services	1,733	21	25	46	2.7
Health care and social assistance	11,550	82	85	167	1.4
Leisure and hospitality	9,828	1,136	323	1,459	14.8
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	1,489	59	37	96	6.4
Accommodation and food services	8,338	1,077	286	1,363	16.4
Accommodation	1,193	59	19	77	6.5
Food services and drinking places	7,145	1,019	268	1,286	18.0
Other services	3,254	67	34	101	3.1
Other services, except private households	2,658	51	27	78	2.9
Private households	596	17	7	24	3.9
Public sector	9,337	80	40	121	1.3
Federal government	1,819	10	6	16	0.9
State government	2,841	25	15	40	1.4
Local government	4,678	45	20	65	1.4
Footnotes (1) Includes other industries, not shown separately.
NOTE: The prevailing Federal minimum wage was $7.25 per hour in 2015. 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 10, 2016