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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, 2005 annual averages 

(Numbers in thousands)

Age and sex

Total, 16 years and over....................................... 75,609 1,882 2.5 479 1,403

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

White............................................................... 60,978 1,537 2.5 349 1,188

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

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

Black or African American.................................... 9,793 215 2.2 96 119

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

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

Asian.................................................................. 2,720 65 2.4 14 51

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

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

Hispanic or Latino ................................................ 12,527 282 2.2 71 210

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

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

Full- and part-time status1

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

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

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

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

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

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

Characteristic

Workers paid hourly rates

Total

Total at or below prevailing minimum wage

Total

Percent of 

hourly paid 

workers

At prevailing 

Federal 

minimum wage

Below prevailing 

Federal 

minimum wage

 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

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. In addition, persons

whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any

race and, therefore, are classified by ethnicity as well as by race.

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