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)
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                        2007                      
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                             Workers paid hourly rates            
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                Total at or below 
                                                                                                                prevailing Federal
                               Occupation and industry                                       Below       At         minimum      
                                                                                           prevailing  prevailing     wage       
                                                                                   Total    Federal    Federal                     
                                                                                            minimum    minimum             Percent 
                                                                                              wage       wage                 of   
                                                                                                                  Number   hourly-
                                                                                                                            paid   
                                                                                                                           workers 
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                     OCCUPATION                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                  
       Management, professional, and related occupations........................   14,447        63        12        75       .5  
           Management, business, and financial operations occupations...........    4,033        18         4        22       .6  
               Management occupations...........................................    2,386        14         3        17       .7  
               Business and financial operations occupations....................    1,648         4         1         5       .3  
           Professional and related occupations.................................   10,413        45         8        52       .5  
               Computer and mathematical occupations............................      763         3      -            3       .4  
               Architecture and engineering occupations.........................      965         1      -            1       .1  
               Life, physical, and social science occupations...................      413         1         1         2       .4  
               Community and social services occupations........................      730         1      -            1       .2  
               Legal occupations................................................      317         2      -            2       .7  
               Education, training, and library occupations.....................    2,193        16         4        20       .9  
               Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations.......      813         6         1         7       .9  
               Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations................    4,220        14         2        15       .4  
       Service occupations......................................................   16,882     1,118       130     1,248      7.4  
           Healthcare support occupations.......................................    2,514        27        10        37      1.5  
           Protective service occupations.......................................    1,823        22         7        29      1.6  
           Food preparation and serving related occupations.....................    6,479       942        71     1,013     15.6  
           Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance                                                                          
               occupations......................................................    3,573        36        22        58      1.6  
           Personal care and service occupations................................    2,495        91        20       111      4.5  
       Sales and office occupations.............................................   20,951       155        85       240      1.1  
           Sales and related occupations........................................    7,851        75        50       125      1.6  
           Office and administrative support occupations........................   13,099        80        35       114       .9  
       Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations.............   10,116        40         4        45       .4  
           Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations...........................      628         8         4        12      1.9  
           Construction and extraction occupations..............................    6,009        27      -           27       .5  
           Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations....................    3,480         5      -            6       .2  
       Production, transportation, and material moving occupations..............   13,477        86        35       121       .9  
           Production occupations...............................................    7,373        29        13        42       .6  
           Transportation and material moving occupations.......................    6,104        57        22        79      1.3  
                                                                                                                                  
                                      INDUSTRY                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                  
       Private sector...........................................................   66,432     1,386       232     1,618      2.4  
       Agriculture and related industries.......................................      688         9      -            9      1.3  
       Nonagriculture and related industries....................................   65,744     1,377       232     1,609      2.4  
          Mining................................................................      436      -         -         -         -    
          Construction..........................................................    6,041        31         3        34       .6  
          Manufacturing.........................................................    9,862        28        10        38       .4  
              Durable goods ....................................................    6,226        21         4        26       .4  
              Nondurable goods .................................................    3,637         7         5        13       .3  
          Wholesale and retail trade............................................   12,658        99        52       151      1.2  
              Wholesale trade...................................................    1,986         7         2         9       .4  
              Retail trade......................................................   10,671        92        50       142      1.3  
          Transportation and utilities..........................................    3,160        14         4        18       .6  
              Transportation and warehousing....................................    2,676        12         4        16       .6  
              Utilities.........................................................      484         2      -            2       .5  
          Information (1).......................................................    1,505        13         6        19      1.2  
                 Publishing, except internet....................................      311         1         1         2       .7  
                 Motion pictures and sound recording............................      182         5         5        10      5.3  
                 Broadcasting, except internet..................................      300         1      -            1       .4  
                 Telecommunications.............................................      607         4      -            4       .6  
          Financial activities..................................................    3,409        17         7        24       .7  
              Finance and insurance.............................................    2,383        12         2        14       .6  
                   Finance......................................................    1,577         9         2        11       .7  
                   Insurance....................................................      806         3      -            3       .4  
              Real estate and rental and leasing................................    1,026         5         5        10      1.0  
          Professional and business services....................................    5,767        37         6        43       .8  
              Professional and technical services...............................    2,423        12         2        14       .6  
              Management, administrative, and waste services....................    3,344        26         4        30       .9  
          Education and health services.........................................   11,455       103        41       144      1.3  
              Educational services..............................................    1,260        16         7        23      1.8  
              Health care and social assistance.................................   10,194        86        35       121      1.2  
          Leisure and hospitality...............................................    8,520       966        93     1,058     12.4  
              Arts, entertainment, and recreation...............................    1,330        45         8        53      4.0  
              Accommodation and food services...................................    7,190       920        85     1,005     14.0  
                  Accommodation.................................................    1,011        36         3        39      3.8  
                  Food services and drinking places.............................    6,179       885        81       966     15.6  
          Other services (1)....................................................    2,932        70        10        79      2.7  
              Other services, except private households.........................    2,415        45         5        50      2.1  
                                                                                                                                  
       Public sector............................................................    9,441        76        35       111      1.2  
         Federal government.....................................................    1,729        11         4        15       .9  
         State government.......................................................    2,596        27        16        43      1.7  
         Local government.......................................................    5,115        38        15        53      1.0  

       1 Includes other industries, not shown separately.
       NOTE:  The prevailing Federal minimum wage was $5.15 per hour from January 2007 to July 23, 2007.  Beginning July 24,
     2007, the prevailing Federal minimum wage increased to $5.85 per hour.  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 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.