U.S. workers paid below minimum wage 2022
In 2022, about 882,000 workers were paid hourly rates below the official minimum wage in the United States. 2020 saw the lowest number of workers paid below minimum wage in the U.S. since 1979.
Number of wage and salary workers in the United States paid hourly rates below the prevailing Federal minimum wage from 1979 to 2022 (in 1,000s)
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (January 1, 2024). Number of wage and salary workers in the United States paid hourly rates below the prevailing Federal minimum wage from 1979 to 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 03, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/188196/wage-and-salary-workers-paid-below-minimum-wage-since-1979/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Number of wage and salary workers in the United States paid hourly rates below the prevailing Federal minimum wage from 1979 to 2022 (in 1,000s)." Chart. January 1, 2024. Statista. Accessed November 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/188196/wage-and-salary-workers-paid-below-minimum-wage-since-1979/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2024). Number of wage and salary workers in the United States paid hourly rates below the prevailing Federal minimum wage from 1979 to 2022 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/188196/wage-and-salary-workers-paid-below-minimum-wage-since-1979/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Number of Wage and Salary Workers in The United States Paid Hourly Rates below The Prevailing Federal Minimum Wage from 1979 to 2022 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Jan 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/188196/wage-and-salary-workers-paid-below-minimum-wage-since-1979/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Number of wage and salary workers in the United States paid hourly rates below the prevailing Federal minimum wage from 1979 to 2022 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/188196/wage-and-salary-workers-paid-below-minimum-wage-since-1979/ (last visited November 03, 2024)
Number of wage and salary workers in the United States paid hourly rates below the prevailing Federal minimum wage from 1979 to 2022 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 1, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/188196/wage-and-salary-workers-paid-below-minimum-wage-since-1979/