This statistic shows the number of workers paid hourly rates at or below prevailing federal minimum wage in the United States in 2019, by age. In 2019, about 691,000 wage and salary workers aged between 16 to 24 years were paid hourly rates at or below the prevailing federal minimum wage.
Number of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below minimum wage in the United States 2019, by age (in thousands)
Basic Account
Get to know the platform
You only have access to basic statistics.
This statistic is not included in your account.
Single Account
The ideal entry-level account for individual users
- Instant access to 1m statistics
- Download in XLS, PDF & PNG format
- Detailed references
$59 $39 / Month *
in the first 12 months
Corporate Account
Full access
Corporate solution including all features.
* Prices do not include sales tax.
Further Content: You might find this interesting as well
Statistics
- Percentage of low wage workers in the U.S. by age 2019
- Percentage of low wage workers in the U.S. by race or ethnicity 2019
- Percent distribution of U.S. minimum wage workers 2019, by gender and working hours
- Percentage of U.S. minimum wage workers, by occupation 2019
- Percent distribution of minimum wage workers in the U.S. by industry 2019
- Percentage of minimum wage workers in the U.S. by industry 2019
- U.S. wage and salary workers: number of workers paid hourly rates 1979-2019
- Wage and salary workers in the U.S.: total number 1979-2019
- Male wage and salary workers in the U.S.: hourly earnings 1979-2019
- Wage and salary workers in the U.S.: hourly earnings by ethnicity 2019
- Male wage and salary workers U.S.: inflation adjusted hourly earnings 1979-2019
- Wage and salary workers in the U.S.: hourly earnings 1979-2019
- Female wage and salary workers in the U.S.: inflation adjusted hourly earnings 2019
- Wage and salary workers in the U.S.: inflation adjusted hourly earnings 1979-2019
- Male wage and salary workers in the U.S.: hourly earnings, by age 2019
- Opinions on wages in clothing industry in Italy 2018
- Share of low-wage workers in Italy 2018, by region
- North America: salary in the manufacturing sector by country 2018
- Average length of U.S. working week 2007-2019
- France: gross minimum hourly wage 2005-2019
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (April 19, 2020). Number of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below minimum wage in the United States 2019, by age (in thousands) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 26, 2021, 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 2019, by age (in thousands)." Chart. April 19, 2020. Statista. Accessed January 26, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/298852/minimum-wage-workers-in-the-us-by-age/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2020). Number of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below minimum wage in the United States 2019, by age (in thousands). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 26, 2021. 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 2019, by Age (in Thousands)." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Apr 2020, 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 2019, by age (in thousands) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/298852/minimum-wage-workers-in-the-us-by-age/ (last visited January 26, 2021)