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

2010

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 ....................................................... 72,902 2,541 1,820 4,360 6.0

 16 to 24 years ..................................................................... 14,061 1,180 955 2,135 15.2

 25 years and over ............................................................... 58,842 1,360 865 2,225 3.8

 Men, 16 years and over ...................................................... 35,498 943 669 1,612 4.5

 16 to 24 years ................................................................... 6,913 438 413 850 12.3

 25 years and over ............................................................. 28,585 505 257 762 2.7

 Women, 16 years and over ................................................ 37,404 1,598 1,151 2,748 7.3

 16 to 24 years ................................................................... 7,148 743 543 1,285 18.0

 25 years and over ............................................................. 30,256 855 608 1,463 4.8

RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX

 White, 16 years and over .................................................... 58,529 2,015 1,414 3,429 5.9

 Men ................................................................................... 28,949 716 538 1,254 4.3

 Women ............................................................................. 29,580 1,299 875 2,174 7.4

 Black or African American, 16 years and over ................... 9,436 349 301 650 6.9

 Men ................................................................................... 4,137 152 92 244 5.9

 Women ............................................................................. 5,299 197 209 406 7.7

 Asian, 16 years and over .................................................... 2,920 104 36 140 4.8

 Men ................................................................................... 1,406 47 12 60 4.2

 Women ............................................................................. 1,513 57 24 80 5.3

 Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over .................. 12,977 462 360 822 6.3

 Men ................................................................................... 7,474 201 154 355 4.7

 Women ............................................................................. 5,503 261 207 468 8.5

FULL- AND PART-TIME STATUS AND SEX 1

 Full-time workers ................................................................ 52,803 1,039 595 1,634 3.1

 Men ................................................................................... 28,574 444 255 699 2.4

 Women ............................................................................. 24,229 595 340 934 3.9

 Part-time workers ............................................................... 19,994 1,496 1,220 2,716 13.6

 Men ................................................................................... 6,871 498 413 911 13.3

 Women ............................................................................. 13,123 998 807 1,806 13.8

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 $7.25 per hour in

2010. 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 may 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.

Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of

January data.

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