HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES


Table 45.  Wage and salary workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the prevailing Federal minimum wage by occupation
and industry

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                             2004                               
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                                                                  Workers paid hourly rates        Total at or below prevailing 
                                                                                                       Federal minimum wage     
                  Occupation and industry                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
                                                                            Below        At                       Percent of    
                                                                          prevailing  prevailing                 hourly-paid    
                                                                Total      Federal     Federal      Number         workers      
                                                                           minimum     minimum                                  
                                                                             wage        wage                                   
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
                         OCCUPATION                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Management, professional, and related occupations...........    13,743          39          27          66            0.7     
  Management, business, and financial operations                                                                          
   occupations..............................................     3,750          14           2          16             .4       
    Management occupations..................................     2,120          12           1          13             .6       
    Business and financial operations occupations...........     1,630           2           1           3             .2       
  Professional and related occupations......................     9,993          25          25          50             .5       
    Computer and mathematical occupations...................       762        -              1           2             .2       
    Architecture and engineering occupations................       952           1           2           3             .3       
    Life, physical, and social science occupations..........       414           1           1           2             .5       
    Community and social services occupations...............       717           2           1           4             .5       
    Legal occupations.......................................       281        -           -           -               -         
    Education, training, and library occupations............     2,024           8          11          19            1.0       
    Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media                                                                                   
     occupations............................................       777           8           6          13            1.7       
    Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations.......     4,065           4           3           7             .2       
Service occupations.........................................    16,381       1,238         256       1,494            9.1       
  Healthcare support occupations............................     2,460          21          12          32            1.3       
  Protective service occupations............................     1,823          20           4          25            1.3       
  Food preparation and serving related occupations..........     6,236       1,036         147       1,183           19.0       
  Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations.     3,608          63          39         102            2.8       
  Personal care and service occupations.....................     2,254          97          54         151            6.7       
Sales and office occupations................................    20,650         104         146         250            1.2       
  Sales and related occupations.............................     7,512          66          76         143            1.9       
  Office and administrative support occupations.............    13,139          37          69         107             .8       
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations     9,368          24          26          50             .5       
  Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations................       603          10          11          22            3.6       
  Construction and extraction occupations...................     5,430           7           6          14             .3       
  Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations.........     3,335           6           9          15             .4       
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations.    13,796          78          66         144            1.0       
  Production occupations....................................     7,708          36          18          55             .7       
  Transportation and material moving occupations............     6,087          42          47          89            1.5       

                          INDUSTRY                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
Private sector..............................................    64,708       1,423         467       1,889            2.9       
  Agriculture and related industries........................       623           9          10          19            3.1       
  Nonagriculture and related industries.....................    64,085       1,413         457       1,870            2.9       
    Mining..........,.......................................       312        -              1           1             .2       
    Construction............................................     5,552          10           8          17             .3       
    Manufacturing.....,.....................................    10,388          38          23          61             .6       
      Durable goods.........................................     6,397          20           8          29             .4       
      Nondurable goods......................................     3,991          18          15          32             .8       
    Wholesale and retail trade..............................    12,456          85          96         181            1.5       
      Wholesale trade.......................................     2,038           7          10          16             .8       
      Retail trade..........................................    10,418          78          86         165            1.6       
    Transportation and utilities............................     2,915          13           7          21             .7       
      Transportation and warehousing........................     2,431          12           7          20             .8       
      Utilities.............................................       485           1         -             1             .2       
    Information.............................................     1,472           4          10          15            1.0       
      Publishing, except Internet...........................       328        -              2           3             .8       
      Motion pictures and sound recording...................       204           3           7          10            4.8       
      Broadcasting, except Internet.........................       228        -           -           -               -         
      Telecommunications....................................       600           1           1           2             .3       
    Financial activities....................................     3,453          13          20          33            1.0       
      Finance and insurance.................................     2,429           8          10          18             .7       
        Finance.............................................     1,581           3           6           9             .6       
        Insurance...........................................       848           5           4           9            1.1       
      Real estate and rental and leasing....................     1,025           6          10          15            1.5       
    Professional and business services......................     5,461          37          24          61            1.1       
      Professional and technical services...................     2,249           5           9          14             .6       
      Management, administrative, and waste services........     3,212          32          15          47            1.5       
    Education and health services...........................    11,022          76          62         137            1.2       
      Educational services..................................     1,263          13          21          34            2.7       
      Health care and social assistance.....................     9,759          62          41         103            1.1       
    Leisure and hospitality.................................     8,095       1,066         176       1,242           15.3       
      Arts, entertainment, and recreation...................     1,198          45          20          65            5.4       
      Accommodation and food services.......................     6,897       1,021         156       1,177           17.1       
        Accommodation.......................................     1,037          35           9          44            4.2       
        Food services and drinking places...................     5,860         986         147       1,133           19.3       
    Other services (1)......................................     2,959          71          31         101            3.4       
      Other services, except private households.............     2,470          36          27          63            2.5       
        Other services, private households..................       489          35           4          39            7.9       
                                                                                                                                
Public sector...............................................     9,231          60          53         114            1.2       
  Federal goverment.........................................     1,781           8          11          20            1.1       
  State government..........................................     2,347          15          17          32            1.4       
  Local government..........................................     5,103          37          25          62            1.2       

  1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
  NOTE:  The prevailing Federal minimum wage was $5.15 per hour in 2004. 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 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.  Occupations and
industries reflect the introduction of the 2002 Census occupational and industry classification systems derived from the 2000
Standard Occupational Classification system and the 2002 North American Industry Classification System into the Current
Population Survey.  Dash indicated no data or data that do not meet publication criteria.