In 2021, about 484,000 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 268,000 in the next age group of 25 to 34 years who made the same hourly rates.
Number of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below minimum wage in the United States 2021, by age (in thousands)
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (April 30, 2022). Number of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below minimum wage in the United States 2021, by age (in thousands) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 25, 2022, 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 2021, by age (in thousands)." Chart. April 30, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/298852/minimum-wage-workers-in-the-us-by-age/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2022). Number of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below minimum wage in the United States 2021, by age (in thousands). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 25, 2022. 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 2021, by Age (in Thousands)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Apr 2022, 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 2021, by age (in thousands) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/298852/minimum-wage-workers-in-the-us-by-age/ (last visited May 25, 2022)