This statistic shows the percentage distribution of workers paid hourly rates at or below prevailing federal minimum wage in the United States in 2023, by their race or ethnicity. In 2023, around 76.6 percent of the people who were paid hourly rates at or below the prevailing federal minimum wage in the U.S. were white.
Distribution of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below minimum wage in the United States in 2023, by race or ethnicity
* Persons whose ethnicity is identified as Hispanic or Latino may be of any race.
Data exclude all self-employed persons whether or not their businesses are incorporated.
Values are annual averages.
Values do not total 100 percent as not all races are presented by the source.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (May 30, 2024). Distribution of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below minimum wage in the United States in 2023, by race or ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/298869/percentage-of-low-wage-workers-in-the-us-by-ethnicity/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Distribution of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below minimum wage in the United States in 2023, by race or ethnicity." Chart. May 30, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/298869/percentage-of-low-wage-workers-in-the-us-by-ethnicity/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2024). Distribution of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below minimum wage in the United States in 2023, by race or ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/298869/percentage-of-low-wage-workers-in-the-us-by-ethnicity/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Distribution of Workers Paid Hourly Rates with Earnings at or below Minimum Wage in The United States in 2023, by Race or Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 May 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/298869/percentage-of-low-wage-workers-in-the-us-by-ethnicity/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Distribution of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below minimum wage in the United States in 2023, by race or ethnicity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/298869/percentage-of-low-wage-workers-in-the-us-by-ethnicity/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Distribution of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below minimum wage in the United States in 2023, by race or ethnicity [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 30, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/298869/percentage-of-low-wage-workers-in-the-us-by-ethnicity/
