2016 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	2016
	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	79,883	1,451	701	2,153	2.7

OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	17,657	65	57	122	0.7
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	5,183	26	13	39	0.8
Management occupations	2,991	20	11	30	1.0
Business and financial operations occupations	2,193	6	3	9	0.4
Professional and related occupations	12,474	39	44	83	0.7
Computer and mathematical occupations	1,102	2	0	2	0.2
Architecture and engineering occupations	914	1	1	2	0.2
Life, physical, and social science occupations	440	0	4	4	1.0
Community and social service occupations	962	3	2	5	0.5
Legal occupations	339	1	0	1	0.2
Education, training, and library occupations	2,570	14	19	33	1.3
Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	901	7	8	16	1.7
Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations	5,245	10	10	20	0.4
Service occupations	19,529	1,134	298	1,432	7.3
Healthcare support occupations	2,891	32	24	56	2.0
Protective service occupations	2,002	25	8	33	1.6
Food preparation and serving related occupations	7,513	932	189	1,121	14.9
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	3,952	57	30	87	2.2
Personal care and service occupations	3,171	89	47	135	4.3
Sales and office occupations	20,374	120	242	361	1.8
Sales and related occupations	8,046	54	147	200	2.5
Office and administrative support occupations	12,328	66	95	161	1.3
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	8,881	34	5	40	0.4
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	688	10	2	12	1.7
Construction and extraction occupations	4,874	11	0	11	0.2
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	3,318	13	3	17	0.5
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	13,442	98	99	197	1.5
Production occupations	6,809	25	29	54	0.8
Transportation and material moving occupations	6,633	73	70	142	2.1

INDUSTRY
Private sector	70,396	1,388	647	2,035	2.9
Agriculture and related industries	851	10	2	12	1.4
Nonagricultural industries	69,545	1,378	645	2,023	2.9
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	398	2	0	2	0.4
Construction	5,051	17	2	19	0.4
Manufacturing	9,307	41	26	67	0.7
Durable goods	5,735	14	13	28	0.5
Nondurable goods	3,572	27	13	39	1.1
Wholesale and retail trade	12,776	72	148	219	1.7
Wholesale trade	1,623	4	4	8	0.5
Retail trade	11,153	68	144	211	1.9
Transportation and utilities	3,652	32	14	46	1.2
Transportation and warehousing	3,125	29	13	42	1.3
Utilities	528	3	1	4	0.7
Information(1)	1,057	10	7	17	1.6
Publishing, except Internet	139	0	1	1	0.6
Motion pictures and sound recording industries	180	6	5	11	5.9
Radio and television broadcasting and cable subscription programming	252	1	0	1	0.5
Telecommunications	375	1	0	2	0.4
Financial activities	3,668	19	7	26	0.7
Finance and insurance	2,560	12	3	15	0.6
Finance	1,561	9	2	11	0.7
Insurance	999	2	1	4	0.4
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,108	8	4	11	1.0
Professional and business services	6,490	35	27	62	1.0
Professional and technical services	2,704	6	8	14	0.5
Management, administrative, and waste services	3,786	30	19	49	1.3
Education and health services	13,771	89	110	199	1.4
Educational services	1,771	9	24	33	1.9
Health care and social assistance	12,000	80	86	166	1.4
Leisure and hospitality	10,107	997	279	1,276	12.6
Arts, entertainment, and recreation	1,555	57	29	85	5.5
Accommodation and food services	8,552	941	251	1,191	13.9
Accommodation	1,123	29	7	36	3.2
Food services and drinking places	7,429	912	244	1,155	15.5
Other services	3,268	63	25	88	2.7
Other services, except private households	2,743	52	19	71	2.6
Private households	525	11	6	17	3.1
Public sector	9,486	63	54	118	1.2
Federal government	1,884	8	8	17	0.9
State government	2,838	20	28	48	1.7
Local government	4,764	35	18	53	1.1
Footnotes (1) Includes other industries, not shown separately.
NOTE: The prevailing Federal minimum wage was $7.25 per hour in 2016. 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 8, 2017