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

2002

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

SEX AND AGE

Total, 16 years and over ....................................... 72,720 1,598 570 2,168 3.0

 16 to 24 years ..................................................... 16,191 818 340 1,158 7.1

 25 years and over ............................................... 56,529 780 230 1,010 1.8

Men, 16 years and over ........................................ 36,135 582 218 800 2.2

 16 to 24 years ..................................................... 8,242 307 146 453 5.5

 25 years and over ............................................... 27,893 275 72 347 1.2

Women, 16 years and over .................................. 36,585 1,016 352 1,368 3.7

 16 to 24 years ..................................................... 7,949 511 194 705 8.9

 25 years and over ............................................... 28,636 505 158 663 2.3

RACE, HISPANIC ORIGIN, AND SEX

White, 16 years and over ...................................... 59,199 1,329 452 1,781 3.0

 Men ..................................................................... 29,829 464 162 625 2.1

 Women ............................................................... 29,370 865 290 1,155 3.9

Black, 16 years and over ...................................... 9,692 187 89 276 2.8

 Men ..................................................................... 4,469 85 44 129 2.9

 Women ............................................................... 5,224 102 45 147 2.8

Hispanic origin, 16 years and over ....................... 11,206 195 110 305 2.7

 Men ..................................................................... 6,624 97 47 143 2.2

 Women ............................................................... 4,582 98 64 162 3.5

FULL- AND PART-TIME STATUS

AND SEX1

Full-time workers .................................................. 55,029 682 169 851 1.5

 Men ..................................................................... 30,472 285 82 367 1.2

 Women ............................................................... 24,557 396 87 483 2.0

Part-time workers ................................................. 17,568 908 401 1,308 7.4

 Men ..................................................................... 5,599 294 136 430 7.7

 Women ............................................................... 11,969 614 265 879 7.3

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

2002. 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. Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum

to totals because data for the "other races" group are not presented and

Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.