HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                 HOUSEHOLD DATA
  ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                               ANNUAL AVERAGES
  
  45. Wage and salary workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below prevailing Federal minimum wage by occupation and
  industry

  (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                2009                           
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                     Workers paid hourly rates                 
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                               
                                                                                                           Total at or below   
                       Occupation and industry                                                             prevailing Federal  
                                                                                   Below         At             minimum        
                                                                                 prevailing  prevailing           wage         
                                                                       Total      Federal     Federal                          
                                                                                  minimum     minimum                          
                                                                                    wage        wage                 Percent of
                                                                                                           Number   hourly-paid
                                                                                                                      workers  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                               
                             OCCUPATION                                                                                        
                                                                                                                               
    Management, professional, and related occupations..............    14,839         101          40         142        1.0   
        Management, business, and financial operations                                                                         
          occupations..............................................     4,090          23           9          32         .8   
            Management occupations.................................     2,345          16           8          24        1.0   
            Business and financial operations occupations..........     1,745           7           1           8         .5   
        Professional and related occupations.......................    10,749          78          31         109        1.0   
            Computer and mathematical occupations..................       827           8           1           9        1.1   
            Architecture and engineering occupations...............       846           2           1           3         .4   
            Life, physical, and social science occupations.........       377           1           1           2         .5   
            Community and social services occupations..............       840           8           1           9        1.1   
            Legal occupations......................................       295           1           1           2         .7   
            Education, training, and library occupations...........     2,299          32          18          49        2.2   
            Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media                                                                     
              occupations..........................................       725          10           3          13        1.8   
            Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations......     4,538          16           6          22         .5   
    Service occupations............................................    17,693       1,785         466       2,251       12.7   
        Healthcare support occupations.............................     2,667          51          28          79        3.0   
        Protective service occupations.............................     2,048          54          14          68        3.3   
        Food preparation and serving related occupations...........     6,652       1,322         272       1,593       24.0   
        Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance                                                                          
          occupations............................................       3,645         142          81         223        6.1   
        Personal care and service occupations......................     2,681         216          72         288       10.7   
    Sales and office occupations...................................    19,880         397         336         733        3.7   
        Sales and related occupations..............................     7,658         265         257         521        6.8   
        Office and administrative support occupations..............    12,222         132          79         211        1.7   
    Natural resources, construction, and maintenance                                                                           
      occupations..................................................     8,411          73          22          95        1.1   
        Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.................       596          22          10          32        5.4   
        Construction and extraction occupations....................     4,551          35           4          39         .9   
        Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations..........     3,264          16           8          24         .7   
    Production, transportation, and material moving                                                                            
      occupations..................................................    11,788         236         116         353        3.0   
        Production occupations.....................................     6,032          76          47         123        2.0   
        Transportation and material moving occupations.............     5,756         160          70         229        4.0   
                                                                                                                               
                              INDUSTRY                                                                                         
                                                                                                                               
    Private sector.................................................    62,885       2,430         919       3,349        5.3   
    Agriculture and related industries.............................       642          23          14          37        5.8   
    Nonagriculture and related industries..........................    62,243       2,407         905       3,312        5.3   
       Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction...............       397           1        -              1         .3   
       Construction................................................     4,556          41           4          44        1.0   
       Manufacturing...............................................     8,347          75          32         107        1.3   
           Durable goods ..........................................     5,077          34          13          47         .9   
           Nondurable goods .......................................     3,270          41          19          60        1.8   
       Wholesale and retail trade..................................    12,085         324         243         567        4.7   
           Wholesale trade.........................................     1,658          26           7          33        2.0   
           Retail trade............................................    10,427         298         236         534        5.1   
       Transportation and utilities................................     2,942          29          12          41        1.4   
           Transportation and warehousing..........................     2,433          26          12          37        1.5   
           Utilities...............................................       508           3        -              3         .7   
       Information (1).............................................     1,288          25          10          35        2.7   
              Publishing, except Internet..........................       242           3           5           8        3.3   
              Motion pictures and sound recording industries.......       184          10           4          14        7.7   
              Broadcasting, except Internet........................       261           1           1           2         .9   
              Telecommunications...................................       512          10        -             10        1.9   
       Financial activities........................................     3,251          26          18          44        1.4   
           Finance and insurance...................................     2,304          12          10          22        1.0   
                Finance............................................     1,519           6           5          11         .7   
                Insurance..........................................       785           5           6          11        1.4   
           Real estate and rental and leasing......................       947          15           7          22        2.3   
       Professional and business services..........................     5,286          82          50         132        2.5   
           Professional and technical services.....................     2,291          19           7          26        1.1   
           Management, administrative, and waste services..........     2,995          63          43         106        3.5   
       Education and health services...............................    12,165         172         114         287        2.4   
           Educational services....................................     1,421          38          25          62        4.4   
           Health care and social assistance.......................    10,744         135          90         224        2.1   
       Leisure and hospitality.....................................     8,881       1,470         374       1,845       20.8   
           Arts, entertainment, and recreation.....................     1,409          98          34         131        9.3   
           Accommodation and food services.........................     7,472       1,372         341       1,713       22.9   
               Accommodation.......................................     1,031          53          25          77        7.5   
               Food services and drinking places...................     6,441       1,320         316       1,636       25.4   
       Other services (1)..........................................     3,045         161          48         209        6.9   
           Other services, except private households...............     2,461         118          30         148        6.0   
           Other services, private households......................       584          43          18          61       10.5   
                                                                                                                               
    Public sector..................................................     9,725         162          61         223        2.3   
      Federal government...........................................     1,856          15           6          20        1.1   
      State government.............................................     2,672          50          16          67        2.5   
      Local government.............................................     5,197          97          39         136        2.6   

    1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
    NOTE:  The prevailing Federal minimum wage was $6.55 per hour from January 2009 to July 23, 2009.  Beginning July 24, 2009,
  the prevailing Federal minimum wage increased to $7.25 per hour.  Data are for wage and salary workers.  All self-employed
  persons are excluded regardless of whether their business are incorporated.  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. 
  Effective with January 2009 data, industries reflect  the introduction of the 2007 Census industry classification system into
  the Current Population Survey.  This industry classification system is derived from the 2007 North American Industry
  Classification System.  No historical data have been revised.  Updated population controls are introduced annually with the
  release of January data.  Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria.