In 2022, about 457,000 wage and salary workers aged between 16 to 24 years were paid hourly rates at or below the prevailing federal minimum wage in the United States. This can be compared to the 207,000 in the next age group of 25 to 34 years who made the same hourly rates.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (August 1, 2023). Number of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below minimum wage in the United States 2022, by age (in thousands) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/298852/minimum-wage-workers-in-the-us-by-age/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Number of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below minimum wage in the United States 2022, by age (in thousands)." Chart. August 1, 2023. Statista. Accessed June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/298852/minimum-wage-workers-in-the-us-by-age/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2023). Number of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below minimum wage in the United States 2022, by age (in thousands). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/298852/minimum-wage-workers-in-the-us-by-age/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Number of Workers Paid Hourly Rates with Earnings at or below Minimum Wage in The United States 2022, by Age (in Thousands)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Aug 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/298852/minimum-wage-workers-in-the-us-by-age/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Number of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below minimum wage in the United States 2022, by age (in thousands) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/298852/minimum-wage-workers-in-the-us-by-age/ (last visited June 18, 2024)
Number of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below minimum wage in the United States 2022, by age (in thousands) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, August 1, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/298852/minimum-wage-workers-in-the-us-by-age/