HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

Table 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

2004

Workers paid hourly rates Total at or below prevailing Federal

minimum wage

Total

Below

prevailing

Federal

minimum

wage

At 

prevailing

Federal

minimum

wage

Number

Percent of

hourly-paid

workers

SEX AND AGE

Total, 16 years and over ............................................................................... 73,939 1,483 520 2,003 2.7

 16 to 24 years ............................................................................................. 16,174 750 272 1,021 6.3

 25 years and over ....................................................................................... 57,765 733 249 982 1.7

Men, 16 years and over ................................................................................ 36,806 470 210 680 1.8

 16 to 24 years ............................................................................................. 8,305 239 127 366 4.4

 25 years and over ....................................................................................... 28,500 231 83 314 1.1

Women, 16 years and over .......................................................................... 37,133 1,013 310 1,323 3.6

 16 to 24 years ............................................................................................. 7,869 510 145 655 8.3

 25 years and over ....................................................................................... 29,265 502 166 668 2.3

RACE, SEX, AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY

White, 16 years and over .............................................................................. 59,877 1,286 395 1,681 2.8

 Men ............................................................................................................. 30,255 393 161 555 1.8

 Women ....................................................................................................... 29,621 892 234 1,126 3.8

Black or African American, 16 years and over ............................................. 9,417 128 99 228 2.4

 Men ............................................................................................................. 4,243 49 40 89 2.1

 Women ....................................................................................................... 5,174 79 59 138 2.7

Asian, 16 years and over .............................................................................. 2,672 30 8 38 1.4

 Men ............................................................................................................. 1,295 12 3 15 1.2

 Women ....................................................................................................... 1,378 18 5 23 1.7

Hispanic or Latino, 16 years and over .......................................................... 12,073 168 82 250 2.1

 Men ............................................................................................................. 7,183 66 32 99 1.4

 Women ....................................................................................................... 4,890 102 49 151 3.1

FULL- AND PART-TIME STATUS AND SEX1

Full-time workers .......................................................................................... 55,739 583 177 760 1.4

 Men ............................................................................................................. 30,951 223 77 300 1.0

 Women ....................................................................................................... 24,788 360 100 460 1.9

Part-time workers ......................................................................................... 18,046 897 343 1,240 6.9

 Men ............................................................................................................. 5,770 246 132 378 6.6

 Women ....................................................................................................... 12,276 651 210 861 7.0

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 $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.

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