This statistic shows the number of workers paid hourly rates at or below the prevailing federal minimum wage in the United States in 2021, by educational attainment. In 2021, around 163,000 people without a high school diploma earned the minimum wage or below.
Number of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the minimum wage in the U.S. in 2021, by educational attainment (in 1,000s)
Loading statistic...
Basic Account
Get to know the platform
You only have access to basic statistics.
Starter Account
The ideal entry-level account for individual users
- Instant access to 1m statistics
- Download in XLS, PDF & PNG format
- Detailed references
$59 USD $39 USD / Month *
in the first 12 months
Professional Account
Full access
Corporate solution including all features.
* Prices do not include sales tax.
Statistics on Minimum Wage in the United States
Minimum wage rates
3
Minimum wage workforce
8
- Basic Statistic Wage and salary workers in the U.S. paid minimum wage 1979-2020
- Premium Statistic U.S. minimum wage workers by state 2021
- Premium Statistic Minimum wage workers in the U.S. by occupation 2021
- Basic Statistic U.S. minimum wage workers by race or ethnicity 2021
- Premium Statistic Number of minimum wage workers in the U.S. by age 2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. minimum wage workers by gender and full-/part-time status 2021
- Basic Statistic Number of U.S. minimum wage workers, by education 2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. minimum wage workers in by marital status 2021
Low wage employment
5
- Basic Statistic Number of workers in the U.S. paid less than the minimum wage 1979-2020
- Premium Statistic Percent distribution of U.S. minimum wage workers by occupation 2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. minimum wage workers by industry 2021
- Premium Statistic Annual cost of living in top 10 largest U.S. cities in 2022
- Basic Statistic Hourly wages needed to afford a two-bedroom apartment in the U.S. 2022, by state
Further related statistics
19
- Wages in the U.S.: attitudes towards raising the minimum wage 2013
- Support for raising the U.S. minimum wage, by political party ID 2013
- Percent distribution of minimum wage workers in the U.S. by industry 2021
- Percentage of minimum wage workers in the U.S. by industry 2021
- Percentage of U.S. minimum wage workers, by occupation 2021
- Percent distribution of U.S. minimum wage workers 2021, by gender and working hours
- Wage and salary workers paid minimum wage U.S. 1979-2020, by gender
- Wage and salary workers in the U.S. paid less than minimum wage 1979-2020, by gender
- Percentage of low wage workers in the U.S. by race or ethnicity 2021
- Share of adults who support a minimum wage increase U.S. April 2021, by income
- Wages in the U.S.: attitudes towards raising the minimum wage in 2013
- Public opinion on whether the federal government should set a minimum wage 2013
- Forecasted national minimum wage and living wage in the UK from 2018 to 2023
- Wages in the U.S: effect of higher minimum wage on small-business operations 2013
- American small-business owners' opinion on effects of a higher minimum wage 2013
- Penetration of mobile phones in France 2014, by educational background
- Share of people writing code in Finland 2019, by education level
- Percentage of employees paid under the minimum wage South Korea 2010-2020
- Share of Romanians in rural areas who had sex education and family planning 2020
Further Content: You might find this interesting as well
Statistics
- Wages in the U.S.: attitudes towards raising the minimum wage 2013
- Support for raising the U.S. minimum wage, by political party ID 2013
- Percent distribution of minimum wage workers in the U.S. by industry 2021
- Percentage of minimum wage workers in the U.S. by industry 2021
- Percentage of U.S. minimum wage workers, by occupation 2021
- Percent distribution of U.S. minimum wage workers 2021, by gender and working hours
- Wage and salary workers paid minimum wage U.S. 1979-2020, by gender
- Wage and salary workers in the U.S. paid less than minimum wage 1979-2020, by gender
- Percentage of low wage workers in the U.S. by race or ethnicity 2021
- Share of adults who support a minimum wage increase U.S. April 2021, by income
- Wages in the U.S.: attitudes towards raising the minimum wage in 2013
- Public opinion on whether the federal government should set a minimum wage 2013
- Forecasted national minimum wage and living wage in the UK from 2018 to 2023
- Wages in the U.S: effect of higher minimum wage on small-business operations 2013
- American small-business owners' opinion on effects of a higher minimum wage 2013
- Penetration of mobile phones in France 2014, by educational background
- Share of people writing code in Finland 2019, by education level
- Percentage of employees paid under the minimum wage South Korea 2010-2020
- Share of Romanians in rural areas who had sex education and family planning 2020
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (April 30, 2022). Number of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the minimum wage in the U.S. in 2021, by educational attainment (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 30, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/299395/us-minimum-wage-workers-by-education/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Number of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the minimum wage in the U.S. in 2021, by educational attainment (in 1,000s)." Chart. April 30, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/299395/us-minimum-wage-workers-by-education/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2022). Number of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the minimum wage in the U.S. in 2021, by educational attainment (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 30, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/299395/us-minimum-wage-workers-by-education/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Number of Workers Paid Hourly Rates with Earnings at or below The Minimum Wage in The U.S. in 2021, by Educational Attainment (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/299395/us-minimum-wage-workers-by-education/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Number of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the minimum wage in the U.S. in 2021, by educational attainment (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/299395/us-minimum-wage-workers-by-education/ (last visited January 30, 2023)
Number of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the minimum wage in the U.S. in 2021, by educational attainment (in 1,000s) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, April 30, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/299395/us-minimum-wage-workers-by-education/