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Table 26. Wage and salary workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the prevailing federal 

minimum wage by selected characteristics, 2010 annual averages 

(Numbers in thousands)

Age and sex

Total, 16 years and over........................................72,902 4,361 6.0 1,820 2,541

 16 to 24 years...................................................14,061 2,135 15.2 955 1,180

 25 years and over..............................................58,842 2,225 3.8 865 1,360

Women, 16 years and over....................................37,404 2,749 7.3 1,151 1,598

 16 to 24 years................................................... 7,148 1,286 18.0 543 743

 25 years and over..............................................30,256 1,463 4.8 608 855

Men, 16 years and over.........................................35,498 1,612 4.5 669 943

 16 to 24 years................................................... 6,913 851 12.3 413 438

 25 years and over..............................................28,585 762 2.7 257 505

Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

White........................................................................................................................... 58,529 3,429 5.9 1,414 2,015

 Women......................................................................................... 29,580 2,174 7.3 875 1,299

 Men........................................................................................ 28,949 1,254 4.3 538 716

Black or African American.................................... 9,436 650 6.9 301 349

 Women......................................................................................... 5,299 406 7.7 209 197

 Men........................................................................................ 4,137 244 5.9 92 152

Asian.......................................................................................................................................................... 2,920 140 4.8 36 104

 Women......................................................................................... 1,513 81 5.4 24 57

 Men........................................................................................ 1,406 59 4.2 12 47

Hispanic or Latino ............................................................................................................................................... 12,977 822 6.3 360 462

 Women...................................................... 5,503 468 8.5 207 261

 Men............................................................ 7,474 355 4.7 154 201

Characteristic

Workers paid hourly rates

Total

Total at or below prevailing federal minimum wage

Total

Percent of 

hourly paid 

workers

At prevailing 

federal 

minimum 

wage

Below 

prevailing 

federal 

minimum 

wage

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Table 26. Wage and salary workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the prevailing federal 

minimum wage by selected characteristics, 2010 annual averages―Continued 

(Numbers in thousands)

Full- and part-time status 1

Full-time workers.................................................52,803 1,634 3.1 595 1,039

 Women.............................................................24,229 935 3.9 340 595

 Men................................................................28,574 699 2.4 255 444

Part-time workers................................................19,994 2,716 13.6 1,220 1,496

 Women............................................................13,123 1,805 13.8 807 998

 Men................................................................ 6,871 911 13.3 413 498

 

 

 

Characteristic

Workers paid hourly rates

Total

Total at or below prevailing federal minimum wage

Total

Percent of 

hourly paid 

workers

At prevailing 

federal 

minimum 

wage

Below 

prevailing 

federal 

minimum 

wage

 1 Full time refers to persons who usually work 35 hours or more per week; part time refers to persons who usually work

fewer than 35 hours per week. 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 $7.25 an hour in 2010. Data are for wage and salary workers,

excluding the incorporated self-employed. They refer to a person's earnings on his or her sole or principal job, and pertain

only to workers who are paid hourly rates. Salaried workers and other nonhourly workers are not included. Estimates for

the above race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are not presented

for all races. People whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. 

 SOURCE: Current Population Survey, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 

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