In 2022, about 35,000 workers in the manufacturing sector were paid hourly rates at or below the prevailing federal minimum wage. The most workers at this earning level were in the leisure and hospitality industry at 639,000 workers earning minimum wage or less.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (August 1, 2023). Number of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the minimum wage in the United States in 2022, by industry (in thousands) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/299372/us-minimum-wage-workers-by-industry/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Number of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the minimum wage in the United States in 2022, by industry (in thousands)." Chart. August 1, 2023. Statista. Accessed June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/299372/us-minimum-wage-workers-by-industry/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2023). Number of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the minimum wage in the United States in 2022, by industry (in thousands). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/299372/us-minimum-wage-workers-by-industry/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Number of Workers Paid Hourly Rates with Earnings at or below The Minimum Wage in The United States in 2022, by Industry (in Thousands)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Aug 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/299372/us-minimum-wage-workers-by-industry/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Number of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the minimum wage in the United States in 2022, by industry (in thousands) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/299372/us-minimum-wage-workers-by-industry/ (last visited June 18, 2024)
Number of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the minimum wage in the United States in 2022, by industry (in thousands) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, August 1, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/299372/us-minimum-wage-workers-by-industry/