HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

Table 44. Wage and salary workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the prevailing Federal minimum wage by

selected characteristics

(Numbers in thousands)

Characteristic

1999

Workers paid hourly rates

Total

Below

prevailing

Federal

minimum

wage

At 

prevailing

Federal

minimum

wage

Total at or below prevailing Federal

minimum wage

Number

Percent of

hourly-paid

workers

SEX AND AGE

Total, 16 years and over ....................................... 72,306 2,194 1,146 3,340 4.6

 16 to 24 years ..................................................... 16,636 1,064 632 1,695 10.2

 25 years and over ............................................... 55,670 1,130 514 1,644 3.0

Men, 16 years and over ........................................ 36,073 768 446 1,214 3.4

 16 to 24 years ..................................................... 8,556 410 289 699 8.2

 25 years and over ............................................... 27,517 358 157 515 1.9

Women, 16 years and over .................................. 36,233 1,426 700 2,126 5.9

 16 to 24 years ..................................................... 8,080 654 343 996 12.3

 25 years and over ............................................... 28,153 772 357 1,129 4.0

RACE, HISPANIC ORIGIN, AND SEX

White, 16 years and over ...................................... 58,999 1,803 895 2,698 4.6

 Men ..................................................................... 29,906 602 356 958 3.2

 Women ............................................................... 29,093 1,200 539 1,740 6.0

Black, 16 years and over ...................................... 10,126 298 217 516 5.1

 Men ..................................................................... 4,632 126 74 199 4.3

 Women ............................................................... 5,494 173 144 316 5.8

Hispanic origin, 16 years and over ....................... 9,402 275 238 513 5.5

 Men ..................................................................... 5,490 126 105 232 4.2

 Women ............................................................... 3,913 148 133 281 7.2

FULL- AND PART-TIME STATUS

AND SEX1

Full-time workers .................................................. 54,931 948 372 1,320 2.4

 Men ..................................................................... 30,582 383 169 552 1.8

 Women ............................................................... 24,349 565 203 768 3.2

Part-time workers ................................................. 17,227 1,238 772 2,011 11.7

 Men ..................................................................... 5,410 383 276 659 12.2

 Women ............................................................... 11,817 855 496 1,351 11.4

1 The distinction between full- and part-time workers is based on

hours usually worked. These data will not sum to totals because full- or

part-time status on the principal job is not identifiable for a small number

of multiple jobholders.

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

1999. 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. Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum

to totals because data for the "other races" group are not presented and

Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.

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