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)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                              2008                      
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                   Workers paid hourly rates            
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                      Total at or below 
                                                                                                      prevailing Federal
                          Occupation and industry                                  Below       At          minimum      
                                                                                 prevail-  prevail-          wage       
                                                                                   ing       ing                        
                                                                         Total    Federal   Federal                     
                                                                                  minimum   minimum             Percent 
                                                                                    wage      wage                 of   
                                                                                                       Number   hourly- 
                                                                                                                  paid  
                                                                                                                workers 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                        
                                OCCUPATION                                                                              
                                                                                                                        
       Management, professional, and related occupations..............   14,774        89        25       114       .8  
           Management, business, and financial operations                                                               
             occupations..............................................    4,118        28         2        30       .7  
               Management occupations.................................    2,348        14         1        15       .7  
               Business and financial operations occupations..........    1,769        14         1        15       .8  
           Professional and related occupations.......................   10,656        61        23        84       .8  
               Computer and mathematical occupations..................      849         3      -            3       .4  
               Architecture and engineering occupations...............      916         2      -            2       .3  
               Life, physical, and social science occupations.........      338         1         1         2       .6  
               Community and social services occupations..............      725         4      -            4       .6  
               Legal occupations......................................      319         2      -            2       .5  
               Education, training, and library occupations...........    2,279        25        17        42      1.8  
               Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media                                                           
                occupations........................................ ..      832         9         2        11      1.3  
               Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations......    4,397        14         3        17       .4  
       Service occupations............................................   17,261     1,398       143     1,541      8.9  
           Healthcare support occupations.............................    2,564        54         3        56      2.2  
           Protective service occupations.............................    1,895        41         5        46      2.4  
           Food preparation and serving related occupations...........    6,649     1,087        83     1,170     17.6  
           Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance                                                                
            occupations...........................................   .    3,627        87        19       106      2.9  
           Personal care and service occupations......................    2,526       128        34       162      6.4  
       Sales and office occupations...................................   20,563       272        91       363      1.8  
           Sales and related occupations..............................    7,713       166        58       225      2.9  
           Office and administrative support occupations..............   12,850       106        32       138      1.1  
       Natural resources, construction, and maintenance                                                                 
         occupations..................................................    9,434        46         6        52       .5  
           Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.................      636        13      -           13      2.0  
           Construction and extraction occupations....................    5,388        24         5        29       .5  
           Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations..........    3,410        10      -           10       .3  
       Production, transportation, and material moving                                                                  
         occupations..................................................   13,273       135        22       157      1.2  
           Production occupations.....................................    7,191        37         7        44       .6  
           Transportation and material moving occupations.............    6,082        98        15       113      1.9  
                                                                                                                        
                                 INDUSTRY                                                                               
                                                                                                                        
       Private sector.................................................   65,758     1,832       261     2,093      3.2  
       Agriculture and related industries.............................      692        12      -           13      1.9  
       Nonagriculture and related industries..........................   65,066     1,820       260     2,080      3.2  
          Mining......................................................      471         1      -            1       .2  
          Construction................................................    5,392        24         5        30       .5  
          Manufacturing...............................................    9,557        55         7        61       .6  
              Durable goods ..........................................    6,034        44         2        46       .8  
              Nondurable goods .......................................    3,523        11         4        16       .4  
          Wholesale and retail trade..................................   12,437       207        64       271      2.2  
              Wholesale trade.........................................    1,752        10         2        12       .7  
              Retail trade............................................   10,685       197        63       260      2.4  
          Transportation and utilities................................    3,193        31         6        37      1.2  
              Transportation and warehousing..........................    2,644        29         6        35      1.3  
              Utilities...............................................      550         2      -            2       .4  
          Information (1).............................................    1,475        19         2        21      1.4  
                 Publishing, except Internet..........................      291         4         1         5      1.6  
                 Motion pictures and sound recording..................      190        11         1        12      6.4  
                 Broadcasting, except Internet........................      282         4      -            4      1.3  
                 Internet publishing and broadcasting.................        4      -         -         -         -    
                 Telecommunications...................................      614      -         -         -          .1  
                 Internet service providers and data processing                                                         
                  services............................................       56      -         -         -         -    
                 Other information services...........................       37         1      -            1      1.6  
          Financial activities........................................    3,338        25         8        33      1.0  
              Finance and insurance...................................    2,366        16         3        19       .8  
                   Finance............................................    1,579         7         3        10       .6  
                   Insurance..........................................      787         9      -            9      1.2  
              Real estate and rental and leasing......................      972        10         4        14      1.4  
          Professional and business services..........................    5,688        48         8        55      1.0  
              Professional and technical services.....................    2,473         9         1        10       .4  
              Management, administrative, and waste services..........    3,215        39         7        45      1.4  
          Education and health services...............................   11,895       165        38       203      1.7  
              Educational services....................................    1,390        29         9        38      2.8  
              Health care and social assistance.......................   10,505       135        29       165      1.6  
          Leisure and hospitality.....................................    8,642     1,146       101     1,247     14.4  
              Arts, entertainment, and recreation.....................    1,387        61         9        71      5.1  
              Accommodation and food services.........................    7,254     1,084        92     1,176     16.2  
                  Accommodation.......................................    1,041        42         4        46      4.4  
                  Food services and drinking places...................    6,214     1,042        88     1,130     18.2  
          Other services (1)..........................................    2,978        98        21       120      4.0  
              Other services, except private households...............    2,434        67        17        84      3.4  
              Other services, private households......................      544        32         5        36      6.6  
                                                                                                                        
       Public sector..................................................    9,547       108        25       133      1.4  
         Federal government...........................................    1,844        15         1        16       .9  
         State government.............................................    2,490        35        12        47      1.9  
         Local government.............................................    5,213        58        12        71      1.4  

       1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
       NOTE:  The prevailing Federal minimum wage was $5.85 per hour from January 2008 to July 23, 2008.  Beginning July
     24, 2008, the prevailing Federal minimum wage increased to $6.55 per hour.  Data are for wage and salary workers. 
     All self-employed persons are excluded regardless of whether or not their businesses 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.  Updated population controls are introduced
     annually with the release of January data.  Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria.