In 2021, 1.4 percent of workers in the United States were paid hourly rates at or below the official minimum wage. This is a decrease from the previous year, when 1.5 percent of workers were paid at or below the official minimum wage.
Share of wage and salary workers in the United States paid hourly rates at or below the prevailing federal minimum wage from 1979 to 2021
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (March 24, 2023). Share of wage and salary workers in the United States paid hourly rates at or below the prevailing federal minimum wage from 1979 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/188206/share-of-workers-paid-hourly-rates-at-or-below-minimum-wage-since-1979/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Share of wage and salary workers in the United States paid hourly rates at or below the prevailing federal minimum wage from 1979 to 2021." Chart. March 24, 2023. Statista. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/188206/share-of-workers-paid-hourly-rates-at-or-below-minimum-wage-since-1979/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2023). Share of wage and salary workers in the United States paid hourly rates at or below the prevailing federal minimum wage from 1979 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/188206/share-of-workers-paid-hourly-rates-at-or-below-minimum-wage-since-1979/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Share of Wage and Salary Workers in The United States Paid Hourly Rates at or below The Prevailing Federal Minimum Wage from 1979 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Mar 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/188206/share-of-workers-paid-hourly-rates-at-or-below-minimum-wage-since-1979/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Share of wage and salary workers in the United States paid hourly rates at or below the prevailing federal minimum wage from 1979 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/188206/share-of-workers-paid-hourly-rates-at-or-below-minimum-wage-since-1979/ (last visited March 19, 2024)
Share of wage and salary workers in the United States paid hourly rates at or below the prevailing federal minimum wage from 1979 to 2021 [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 24, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/188206/share-of-workers-paid-hourly-rates-at-or-below-minimum-wage-since-1979/