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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

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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 industry2021
Workers paid hourly rates
TotalBelow
prevailing
Federal
minimum
wage
At
prevailing
Federal
minimum
wage
Total at or below prevailing
Federal minimum
wage
NumberPercent of
hourly-paid
workers

Total wage and salary workers

76,1259101811,0911.4

OCCUPATION

Management, professional, and related occupations

17,8995512670.4

Management, business, and financial operations occupations

5,594242270.5

Management occupations

3,248202220.7

Business and financial operations occupations

2,3464150.2

Professional and related occupations

12,3053010400.3

Computer and mathematical occupations

1,2065050.4

Architecture and engineering occupations

8811010.1

Life, physical, and social science occupations

4320000.0

Community and social service occupations

9821010.1

Legal occupations

3481010.3

Education, training, and library occupations

2,317125170.7

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations

8392460.7

Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations

5,30091100.2

Service occupations

17,398719858044.6

Healthcare support occupations

3,896159230.6

Protective service occupations

1,923241251.3

Food preparation and serving related occupations

6,4245935164310.0

Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations

3,503436491.4

Personal care and service occupations

1,6524419633.8

Sales and office occupations

17,3364544880.5

Sales and related occupations

7,0942926550.8

Office and administrative support occupations

10,2431618330.3

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations

8,867186240.3

Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations

6600120.3

Construction and extraction occupations

4,903140140.3

Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations

3,3054480.2

Production, transportation, and material moving occupations

14,62474341080.7

Production occupations

6,307219300.5

Transportation and material moving occupations

8,3175326780.9

INDUSTRY

Private sector

67,1688471761,0231.5

Agriculture and related industries

8390000.1

Nonagricultural industries

66,3298471761,0231.5

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

2821010.2

Construction

5,2818190.2

Manufacturing

8,391265300.4

Durable goods

5,251151150.3

Nondurable goods

3,140114150.5

Wholesale and retail trade

12,5143629650.5

Wholesale trade

1,5980000.0

Retail trade

10,9163628650.6

Transportation and utilities

4,2691710270.6

Transportation and warehousing

3,747159250.7

Utilities

5222020.4

Information(1)

8941120.2

Publishing, except Internet

1090000.0

Motion pictures and sound recording industries

1611121.0

Broadcasting (except internet)

1650000.0

Telecommunications

3470000.0

Financial activities

3,1786180.2

Finance and insurance

2,2465170.3

Finance

1,4063030.2

Insurance

8403140.5

Real estate and rental and leasing

9321010.1

Professional and business services

6,137223250.4

Professional and technical services

2,9043250.2

Management, administrative, and waste services

3,233191200.6

Education and health services

13,4454730770.6

Educational services

1,676713201.2

Health care and social assistance

11,7694016560.5

Leisure and hospitality

8,907637777158.0

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

1,307247312.4

Accommodation and food services

7,599613706839.0

Accommodation

70692121.7

Food services and drinking places

6,894604686729.7

Other services

3,0324619652.1

Other services, except private households

2,5643117481.9

Private households

468152163.5

Public sector

8,957635680.8

Federal government

1,831101100.6

State government

2,620153180.7

Local government

4,506391400.9

Footnotes
(1) Includes other industries, not shown separately.

NOTE: The prevailing Federal minimum wage was $7.25 per hour in 2021. 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. Effective with January 2020 data, occupations reflect the introduction of the 2018 Census occupational classification system, derived from the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (SOC). No historical data have been revised. Data for 2020 are not strictly comparable with earlier years.

 

Last Modified Date: January 20, 2022