HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

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

2005

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 ............................................................................... 75,609 1,403 479 1,882 2.5

 16 to 24 years ............................................................................................. 16,374 720 283 1,002 6.1

 25 years and over ....................................................................................... 59,235 683 196 880 1.5

Men, 16 years and over ................................................................................ 37,652 459 189 648 1.7

 16 to 24 years ............................................................................................. 8,288 223 130 353 4.3

 25 years and over ....................................................................................... 29,364 236 60 296 1.0

Women, 16 years and over .......................................................................... 37,957 944 290 1,234 3.3

 16 to 24 years ............................................................................................. 8,086 496 153 650 8.0

 25 years and over ....................................................................................... 29,871 447 137 584 2.0

RACE, HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY, AND SEX

White, 16 years and over .............................................................................. 60,978 1,188 349 1,537 2.5

 Men ............................................................................................................. 30,901 352 133 485 1.6

 Women ....................................................................................................... 30,078 836 216 1,053 3.5

Black or African American, 16 years and over ............................................. 9,793 119 96 215 2.2

 Men ............................................................................................................. 4,421 63 42 105 2.4

 Women ....................................................................................................... 5,372 57 54 111 2.1

Asian, 16 years and over .............................................................................. 2,720 51 14 65 2.4

 Men ............................................................................................................. 1,283 25 5 30 2.3

 Women ....................................................................................................... 1,437 26 9 35 2.4

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 16 years and over ............................................ 12,527 210 71 282 2.2

 Men ............................................................................................................. 7,467 85 29 114 1.5

 Women ....................................................................................................... 5,060 125 42 167 3.3

FULL- AND PART-TIME STATUS AND SEX 1

Full-time workers .......................................................................................... 57,385 608 143 752 1.3

 Men ............................................................................................................. 31,911 252 69 321 1.0

 Women ....................................................................................................... 25,474 356 74 430 1.7

Part-time workers ......................................................................................... 18,084 790 336 1,126 6.2

 Men ............................................................................................................. 5,669 207 120 327 5.8

 Women ....................................................................................................... 12,415 583 216 799 6.4

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 2005.

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 2005, data reflect revised

population controls used in the household survey.

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