HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                    HOUSEHOLD DATA
     ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                                  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)
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                  2003                               
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                       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...........    13,588          62          33          95            0.7     
         Management, business, and financial operations                                                                              
          occupations............................................     3,640          19           7          26             .7       
             Management occupations..............................     2,127          16           4          20             .9       
             Business and financial operations occupations.......     1,513           3           3           6             .4       
         Professional and related occupations....................     9,949          43          26          69             .7       
             Computer and mathematical occupations...............       800           2           1           3             .4       
             Architecture and engineering occupations............       916           -           1           2             .2       
             Life, physical, and social science occupations......       405           1           -           2             .4       
             Community and social services occupations...........       704           4           3           7             .9       
             Legal occupations...................................       257           2           -           2             .7       
             Education, training, and library occupations........     2,076          16          17          33            1.6       
             Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media                                                                          
              occupations........................................       805           9           2          11            1.3       
             Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations...     3,985           9           2          11             .3       
     Service occupations.........................................    15,887       1,244         277       1,520            9.6       
         Healthcare support occupations..........................     2,431          41          18          59            2.4       
         Protective service occupations..........................     1,688          25           5          30            1.8       
         Food preparation and serving related occupations........     6,247         999         159       1,158           18.5       
         Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance                                                                               
          occupations............................................     3,445          63          48         111            3.2       
         Personal care and service occupations...................     2,076         115          47         162            7.8       
     Sales and office occupations................................    20,649         133         154         287            1.4       
         Sales and related occupations...........................     7,379          74          72         146            2.0       
         Office and administrative support occupations...........    13,270          59          82         141            1.1       
     Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations     9,121          40          26          65             .7       
         Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations..............       598          13          10          24            3.9       
         Construction and extraction occupations.................     5,111          16           5          21             .4       
         Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations.......     3,412          11          10          21             .6       
     Production, transportation, and material moving occupations.    13,700          77          55         132            1.0       
         Production occupations..................................     7,799          31          23          55             .7       
         Transportation and material moving occupations..........     5,901          45          32          77            1.3       

     See footnotes at end of table.

                                                                                                                                                       
                                                                                





     HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                    HOUSEHOLD DATA
     ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                                  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 - Continued

     (Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                  2003                               
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                     
                                                                       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                                   
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                     
                               INDUSTRY                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                     
     Private sector..............................................    63,945       1,494         492       1,986            3.1       
       Agriculture and related industries........................       639          15          12          27            4.3       
       Nonagriculture and related industries.....................    63,306       1,479         480       1,959            3.1       
          Mining.................................................       310           -           -           -             .1       
          Construction...........................................     5,132          21           6          27             .5       
          Manufacturing..........................................    10,621          44          14          58             .5       
              Durable goods......................................     6,548          23           3          26             .4       
              Nondurable goods...................................     4,073          21          12          32             .8       
          Wholesale and retail trade.............................    12,173         102          87         189            1.6       
              Wholesale trade....................................     1,902           6           6          12             .6       
              Retail trade.......................................    10,270          96          81         178            1.7       
          Transportation and utilities...........................     2,881          11           9          20             .7       
              Transportation and warehousing.....................     2,377          11           8          19             .8       
              Utilities..........................................       504           -           1           1             .1       
          Information............................................     1,587          12          15          27            1.7       
                 Publishing, except Internet.....................       347           3           7          10            3.0       
                 Motion pictures and sound recording.............       189           7           4          11            5.7       
                 Broadcasting, except Internet...................       229           -           -           -               -      
                 Telecommunications..............................       712           2           1           3             .5       
          Financial activities...................................     3,433          17          10          27             .8       
              Finance and insurance..............................     2,429          11           4          14             .6       
                   Finance.......................................     1,614           6           3           9             .5       
                   Insurance.....................................       815           5           1           6             .7       
              Real estate and rental and leasing.................     1,004           6           7          13            1.3       
          Professional and business services.....................     5,274          30          35          65            1.2       
              Professional and technical services................     2,226           3           9          13             .6       
              Management, administrative, and waste services.....     3,048          27          26          53            1.7       
          Education and health services..........................    10,926         110          67         176            1.6       
              Educational services...............................     1,184          16          20          36            3.1       
              Health care and social assistance..................     9,742          93          47         140            1.4       
          Leisure and hospitality................................     8,093       1,041         199       1,240           15.3       
              Arts, entertainment, and recreation................     1,228          45          17          62            5.0       
              Accommodation and food services....................     6,865         996         182       1,178           17.2       
                  Accommodation..................................     1,054          45          17          62            5.9       
                  Food services and drinking places..............     5,812         952         164       1,116           19.2       
          Other services(1)......................................     2,877          91          38         128            4.5       
              Other services, except private households..........     2,374          56          30          86            3.6       
              Other services, private households.................       503          34           8          42            8.4       
                                                                                                                                     
     Public sector...............................................     9,001          62          52         114            1.3       
         Federal goverment.......................................     1,734          11           6          18            1.0       
         State government........................................     2,303          14          24          38            1.7       
         Local government........................................     4,964          36          22          58            1.2       

       1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
       NOTE:  The prevailing Federal minimum wage was $5.15 per hour in 2003.  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 2003, 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.