This statistic shows the number of workers paid hourly rates at or below the prevailing federal minimum wage in the United States in 2018, by educational attainment. In 2018, around 330,000 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 2018, by educational attainment
(in 1,000s)
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (March 31, 2019). Number of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the minimum wage in the U.S. in 2018, by educational attainment (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 26, 2020, 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 2018, by educational attainment (in 1,000s)." Chart. March 31, 2019. Statista. Accessed February 26, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/299395/us-minimum-wage-workers-by-education/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2019). Number of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the minimum wage in the U.S. in 2018, by educational attainment (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 26, 2020. 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 2018, by Educational Attainment (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2019, 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 2018, by educational attainment (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/299395/us-minimum-wage-workers-by-education/ (last visited February 26, 2020)
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