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)

Occupation and industry

2009

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

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

See footnotes at end of table.

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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—Continued

(Numbers in thousands)

Occupation and industry

2009

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

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.

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