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)
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                              2010                      
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                   Workers paid hourly rates            
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                      Total at or below 
                                                                                                      prevailing Federal
                          Occupation and industry                                  Below       At          minimum      
                                                                                 prevaili- prevaili-         wage       
                                                                                     ng        ng                       
                                                                         Total    Federal   Federal                     
                                                                                  minimum   minimum             Percent 
                                                                                    wage      wage                 of   
                                                                                                       Number  hourly-p-
                                                                                                                  aid   
                                                                                                                workers 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                        
                                OCCUPATION                                                                              
                                                                                                                        
       Management, professional, and related occupations..............   15,208       127        97       224      1.5  
           Management, business, and financial operations                                                               
             occupations..............................................    4,013        31        22        52      1.3  
               Management occupations.................................    2,359        22        12        34      1.4  
               Business and financial operations occupations..........    1,655         9        10        19      1.1  
           Professional and related occupations.......................   11,195        97        75       171      1.5  
               Computer and mathematical occupations..................      849         6         2         8       .9  
               Architecture and engineering occupations...............      816      -            1         2       .2  
               Life, physical, and social science occupations.........      420         2         3         5      1.2  
               Community and social services occupations..............      861        10         9        19      2.2  
               Legal occupations......................................      353      -            3         3       .9  
               Education, training, and library occupations...........    2,364        45        37        82      3.5  
               Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media                                                           
                occupations...........................................      793        15         6        21      2.6  
               Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations......    4,738        19        13        32       .7  
       Service occupations............................................   17,732     1,686       825     2,511     14.2  
           Healthcare support occupations.............................    2,727        52        83       135      5.0  
           Protective service occupations.............................    2,093        46        30        76      3.6  
           Food preparation and serving related occupations...........    6,604     1,245       449     1,695     25.7  
           Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance                                                                
               occupations............................................    3,606       155       126       281      7.8  
           Personal care and service occupations......................    2,703       188       137       325     12.0  
       Sales and office occupations...................................   19,773       413       646     1,059      5.4  
           Sales and related occupations..............................    7,670       271       463       733      9.6  
           Office and administrative support occupations..............   12,103       142       184       326      2.7  
       Natural resources, construction, and maintenance                                                                 
         occupations..................................................    8,200        77        27       104      1.3  
           Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.................      621        20        14        34      5.4  
           Construction and extraction occupations....................    4,355        35         4        39       .9  
           Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations..........    3,224        23         9        31      1.0  
       Production, transportation, and material moving                                                                  
         occupations..................................................   11,989       237       225       462      3.9  
           Production occupations.....................................    6,356        85        86       171      2.7  
           Transportation and material moving occupations.............    5,633       152       139       292      5.2  
                                                                                                                        
                                 INDUSTRY                                                                               
                                                                                                                        
       Private sector.................................................   63,201     2,378     1,711     4,089      6.5  
       Agriculture and related industries.............................      726        16        15        30      4.2  
       Nonagriculture and related industries..........................   62,475     2,362     1,696     4,059      6.5  
          Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction...............      422      -         -         -         -    
          Construction................................................    4,252        37         9        46      1.1  
          Manufacturing...............................................    8,355        88        71       159      1.9  
              Durable goods ..........................................    5,072        31        29        60      1.2  
              Nondurable goods .......................................    3,283        56        42        99      3.0  
          Wholesale and retail trade..................................   12,123       329       482       811      6.7  
              Wholesale trade.........................................    1,613        18        28        46      2.9  
              Retail trade............................................   10,510       310       454       765      7.3  
          Transportation and utilities................................    2,973        29        23        51      1.7  
              Transportation and warehousing..........................    2,476        27        22        49      2.0  
              Utilities...............................................      496         2         1         3       .6  
          Information (1).............................................    1,267        21        28        49      3.9  
                 Publishing, except Internet..........................      208      -            7         8      3.8  
                 Motion pictures and sound recording industries.......      195        17        13        30     15.4  
                 Radio and television broadcasting and                                                                  
                       cable subscriptions programming................      264      -            4         5      1.8  
                 Internet publishing and broadcasting and                                                               
                       web search portals.............................       15      -         -         -         -    
                 Telecommunications...................................      505         2         1         3       .6  
                 Libraries, archives, and                                                                               
                       other information services.....................       49      -            2         2      4.7  
          Financial activities........................................    3,154        38        35        73      2.3  
              Finance and insurance...................................    2,273        17        14        31      1.4  
                   Finance............................................    1,539        13         9        22      1.5  
                   Insurance..........................................      734         4         5         9      1.2  
              Real estate and rental and leasing......................      881        21        21        41      4.7  
          Professional and business services..........................    5,617        79        96       175      3.1  
              Professional and technical services.....................    2,336        18        25        43      1.8  
              Management, administrative, and waste services..........    3,281        61        72       133      4.0  
          Education and health services...............................   12,658       187       238       426      3.4  
              Educational services....................................    1,478        36        26        62      4.2  
              Health care and social assistance.......................   11,180       151       213       364      3.3  
          Leisure and hospitality.....................................    8,751     1,400       615     2,014     23.0  
              Arts, entertainment, and recreation.....................    1,412        90        55       145     10.3  
              Accommodation and food services.........................    7,339     1,309       560     1,869     25.5  
                  Accommodation.......................................      987        59        40        98     10.0  
                  Food services and drinking places...................    6,352     1,250       520     1,771     27.9  
          Other services (1)..........................................    2,905       155       100       254      8.8  
              Other services, except private households...............    2,442       108        70       178      7.3  
              Other services, private households......................      463        47        30        76     16.5  
                                                                                                                        
       Public sector..................................................    9,701       163       109       271      2.8  
         Federal government...........................................    1,878        24         9        33      1.7  
         State government.............................................    2,666        58        44       102      3.8  
         Local government.............................................    5,157        81        56       137      2.7  

       1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
       NOTE: The prevailing Federal minimum wage was $7.25 per hour in 2010. Data are for wage and salary workers,
     excluding the incorporated self-employed.  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 may 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.  Updated population controls
     are introduced annually with the release of January data.  Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet
     publication criteria.