HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

2007

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

AGE AND SEX

Total, 16 years and over ....................................................... 75,873 1,462 267 1,729 2.3

 16 to 24 years ..................................................................... 16,275 669 145 814 5.0

 25 years and over ............................................................... 59,597 793 122 915 1.5

 Men, 16 years and over ...................................................... 37,790 460 86 546 1.4

 16 to 24 years ................................................................... 8,314 190 52 242 2.9

 25 years and over ............................................................. 29,476 270 34 304 1.0

 Women, 16 years and over ................................................ 38,082 1,002 181 1,183 3.1

 16 to 24 years ................................................................... 7,961 479 93 572 7.2

 25 years and over ............................................................. 30,121 523 88 611 2.0

RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX

 White, 16 years and over .................................................... 61,061 1,216 204 1,420 2.3

 Men ................................................................................... 30,944 398 73 471 1.5

 Women ............................................................................. 30,117 818 131 949 3.2

 Black or African American, 16 years and over ................... 9,965 150 55 205 2.1

 Men ................................................................................... 4,482 39 10 49 1.1

 Women ............................................................................. 5,483 111 45 156 2.8

 Asian, 16 years and over .................................................... 2,730 50 1 50 1.8

 Men ................................................................................... 1,260 14 – 14 1.1

 Women ............................................................................. 1,469 36 1 37 2.5

 Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over .................. 13,168 205 41 246 1.9

 Men ................................................................................... 7,796 95 19 114 1.5

 Women ............................................................................. 5,372 110 22 133 2.5

FULL- AND PART-TIME STATUS AND SEX 1

 Full-time workers ................................................................ 57,745 658 94 751 1.3

 Men ................................................................................... 32,003 253 30 283 .9

 Women ............................................................................. 25,743 405 64 468 1.8

 Part-time workers ............................................................... 17,997 799 172 971 5.4

 Men ................................................................................... 5,721 204 56 260 4.5

 Women ............................................................................. 12,276 594 117 711 5.8

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

from January 2007 to July 23, 2007. Beginning July 24, 2007, the

prevailing Federal minimum wage increased to $5.85 per hour. Data

are for wage and salary workers, excluding the incorporated

self-employed. 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 nonhourly workers are not included. 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 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. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet

publication criteria.

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