In 2022, around 62.4 percent of total workers who were paid hourly rates at or below the prevailing federal minimum wage were associated with the leisure and hospitality industry. Only nine percent of workers in the education and health services experienced the same low wages.
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The distinction between full- and part-time workers is based on hours usually worked. Full time is 35 hours or more per week; part time is less than 35 hours. Data exclude all self-employed persons whether or not their businesses are incorporated.
Values are annual averages.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (August 1, 2023). Percent distribution of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the minimum wage in the United States in 2022, by industry [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 06, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/299379/percent-distribution-of-us-minimum-wage-workers-by-industry/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Percent distribution of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the minimum wage in the United States in 2022, by industry." Chart. August 1, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/299379/percent-distribution-of-us-minimum-wage-workers-by-industry/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2023). Percent distribution of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the minimum wage in the United States in 2022, by industry. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/299379/percent-distribution-of-us-minimum-wage-workers-by-industry/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Percent Distribution of Workers Paid Hourly Rates with Earnings at or below The Minimum Wage in The United States in 2022, by Industry." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Aug 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/299379/percent-distribution-of-us-minimum-wage-workers-by-industry/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Percent distribution of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the minimum wage in the United States in 2022, by industry Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/299379/percent-distribution-of-us-minimum-wage-workers-by-industry/ (last visited July 06, 2024)
Percent distribution of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the minimum wage in the United States in 2022, by industry [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, August 1, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/299379/percent-distribution-of-us-minimum-wage-workers-by-industry/