In 2021, around 3.2 percent of hourly wage workers in Louisiana made at or below the federal minimum wage. This was the highest share followed by the District of Columbia with 2.5 percent of hourly wage workers making minimum wage or below.
Share of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the minimum wage in the U.S. in 2021, by state
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Statistics on Minimum Wage in the United States
Minimum wage rates
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Minimum wage workforce
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- Basic Statistic U.S. workers paid minimum wage 1979-2021
- 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
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Low wage employment
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- Basic Statistic U.S. workers paid below minimum wage 2021
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- Premium Statistic U.S. minimum wage workers by industry 2021
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- Wages in the U.S.: attitudes towards raising the minimum wage 2013
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- 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
- Share of adults who support a minimum wage increase U.S. April 2021, by age
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- Purchasing power of statutory minimum wages in the CEE region 2023
- Perception of a fair minimum wage by employers in the United States, in June 2015
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (April 30, 2022). Share of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the minimum wage in the U.S. in 2021, by state [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 29, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/635009/us-minimum-wage-workers-by-state/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Share of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the minimum wage in the U.S. in 2021, by state." Chart. April 30, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/635009/us-minimum-wage-workers-by-state/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2022). Share of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the minimum wage in the U.S. in 2021, by state. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/635009/us-minimum-wage-workers-by-state/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Share of Workers Paid Hourly Rates with Earnings at or below The Minimum Wage in The U.S. in 2021, by State." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/635009/us-minimum-wage-workers-by-state/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Share of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the minimum wage in the U.S. in 2021, by state Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/635009/us-minimum-wage-workers-by-state/ (last visited March 29, 2023)
Share of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the minimum wage in the U.S. in 2021, by state [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, April 30, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/635009/us-minimum-wage-workers-by-state/