Workers paid minimum wage by gender U.S. 2021

In 2021, there were about 87,000 male workers and 94,000 female workers in the United States receiving hourly rates at the federal minimum wage. For both men and women, this is a decrease from the previous year.

Number of workers paid hourly rates at the federal minimum wage in the United States from 1979 to 2021, by gender (in millions)

Characteristic	Men	Women
2021	0.09	0.09
2020	0.11	0.14
2019	0.13	0.27
2018	0.17	0.27
2017	0.23	0.32
2016	0.27	0.43
2015	0.33	0.54
2014	0.52	0.74
2013	0.62	0.91
2012	0.57	1
2011	0.65	1.03
2010	0.67	1.15
2009	0.37	0.61
2008	0.09	0.2
2007	0.09	0.18
2006	0.15	0.26
2005	0.19	0.29
2004	0.21	0.31
2003	0.21	0.33
2002	0.22	0.35
2001	0.25	0.41
2000	0.32	0.58
1999	0.45	0.7
1998	0.63	0.97
1997	0.67	1.09
1996	0.76	1.11
1995	0.8	1.16
1994	0.89	1.24
1993	1.09	1.53
1992	1.23	1.75
1991	1.11	1.79
1990	0.39	0.71
1989	0.73	1.06
1988	1.07	1.54
1987	1.28	1.95
1986	1.34	2.13
1985	1.54	2.36
1984	1.63	2.5
1983	1.66	2.6
1982	1.59	2.56
1981	1.53	2.78
1980	1.7	2.99
1979	1.35	2.64

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Release date

March 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

1979 to 2021

Age group

16 years and over

Supplementary notes

The prevailing Federal minimum wage was $2.90 in 1979, $3.10 in 1980, and $3.35 in 1981–89. The minimum wage rose to $3.80 in April 1990, to $4.25 in April 1991, to $4.75 in October 1996, to $5.15 in September 1997, to $5.85 in July 2007, to $6.55 in July 2008, and to $7.25 in July 2009. The prevailing Federal minimum wage was $7.25 per hour in 2021.
Wage and salary workers, excluding incorporated self employed.

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