HOUSEHOLD DATA

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

2006

Workers paid hourly rates 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

SEX AND AGE

Total, 16 years and over ............................................................................... 76,514 1,283 409 1,692 2.2

 16 to 24 years ............................................................................................. 16,649 619 247 866 5.2

 25 years and over ....................................................................................... 59,865 664 162 826 1.4

Men, 16 years and over ................................................................................ 38,193 422 146 569 1.5

 16 to 24 years ............................................................................................. 8,583 198 98 296 3.4

 25 years and over ....................................................................................... 29,609 224 49 273 .9

Women, 16 years and over .......................................................................... 38,321 861 263 1,124 2.9

 16 to 24 years ............................................................................................. 8,065 421 149 570 7.1

 25 years and over ....................................................................................... 30,256 440 114 553 1.8

RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX

White, 16 years and over .............................................................................. 61,907 1,105 329 1,435 2.3

 Men ............................................................................................................. 31,403 354 115 469 1.5

 Women ....................................................................................................... 30,504 751 215 966 3.2

Black or African American, 16 years and over ............................................. 9,903 111 62 173 1.8

 Men ............................................................................................................. 4,485 40 28 67 1.5

 Women ....................................................................................................... 5,419 72 34 106 2.0

Asian, 16 years and over .............................................................................. 2,654 30 8 38 1.4

 Men ............................................................................................................. 1,259 13 1 14 1.1

 Women ....................................................................................................... 1,395 17 7 24 1.7

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over ............................................ 13,121 155 68 223 1.7

 Men ............................................................................................................. 7,780 67 29 96 1.2

 Women ....................................................................................................... 5,341 88 40 127 2.4

FULL- AND PART-TIME STATUS AND SEX 1

Full-time workers .......................................................................................... 58,452 554 99 653 1.1

 Men ............................................................................................................. 32,477 213 35 247 .8

 Women ....................................................................................................... 25,975 341 64 406 1.6

Part-time workers ......................................................................................... 17,930 724 310 1,034 5.8

 Men ............................................................................................................. 5,652 205 112 317 5.6

 Women ....................................................................................................... 12,278 519 198 717 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 in 2006.

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. Beginning in January 2006, data reflect revised

population controls used in the household survey.

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