In 2023, 1.1 percent of workers in the United States were paid hourly rates at or below the official minimum wage. This is a decrease from the previous year, when 1.3 percent of workers were paid at or below the official minimum wage.

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In 2023, around *** percent of hourly wage workers in Rhode Island earned wages at or below the federal minimum wage. This was the highest share of any U.S. state, followed by the District of Columbia with *** percent of hourly wage workers making minimum wage or less.

This statistic shows the percentage distribution of full and part-time workers, who were paid hourly rates at or below the prevailing federal minimum wage, in the United States in 2023, by gender. In 2023, around **** percent of workers paid hourly rates at or below the prevailing federal minimum wage were part-time female workers.

This statistic shows the percent of workers paid hourly rates at or below prevailing federal minimum wage in the United States from 1980 to 2023, by gender. In 2023, only 1.5 percent of the female wage and salary workers were paid hourly rates at or below the federal minimum wage, compared to 21.6 percent in 1980.

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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 age group. In 2023, around 44.4 percent of wage and salary workers paid hourly rates at or below the federal minimum wage were aged between 16 and 24 years.

Annual Wage Structure Survey: Percentage of workers in terms of their earnings as compared with the Interprofessional Minimum Wage (IMW) (in relation to total workers), by type of working day and sex. Annual. National.

This statistic shows the number of workers paid hourly rates at or below the prevailing federal minimum wage in the United States in 2023, by educational attainment. In 2023, around 142,000 people without a high school diploma earned the minimum wage or below.

This statistic shows the number of workers paid hourly rates at or below prevailing federal minimum wage in the United States in 2023, by race or ethnicity. In 2023, about 666,000 white people were paid at or below the federal minimum wage.

Annual Wage Structure Survey: Percentage of workers according to their earnings regarding the Minimum Interprofessional Wage (SMI in Spanish) (regarding the earning interval) by type of working day and sex. Annual. National.

In 1979, about 3.99 million workers were paid hourly rates at the official minimum wage. In 2023, about 81,000 workers were paid hourly rates at the prevailing minimum wage. The prevailing Federal minimum wage was 7.25 U.S. dollars per hour in 2023.

Table of INEBase Percentage of workers in terms of their earnings as compared with the Interprofessional Minimum Wage (IMW) (in relation to total workers), by type of working day and sex. Annual. National. Annual Wage Structure Survey

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Table of INEBase Percentage of workers in terms of their earnings as compared with the Interprofessional Minimum Wage (IMW) (in relation to total workers), by type of working day and sex. Annual. National. Annual Wage Structure Survey

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These data show number of people in employment who earn at least the real living wage for the UK countries/English regions. The data relate to both full-time and part-time employees who are on permanent contracts or on temporary contracts and not seeking permanent employment. Area relates to the location of workplace, not the residence of the employee. More information on the real living wage can be found below: https://www.livingwage.org.uk/what-real-living-wage

In 2023, around **** percent of workers who were paid hourly rates at or below the minimum wage were working in food preparation and serving related occupations. In comparison, only *** percent of farming, fishing, and forestry occupations were earning pay at or below the federal minimum wage.

The introduction of a statutory minimum wage in Germany in 2015 aimed at improving the welfare of low-wage workers but was also accompanied by concerns about distortions in Europe’s largest economy. This paper provides a comprehensive survey of results from the evaluation of the German minimum wage by compiling recent descriptive evidence and a systematic literature review on causal effects through 2020. On 1 October 2022, the minimum wage was raised legislatively by 15 percent to 12 euros per hour, which affected approximately 5.8 million employees and 23 percent of companies. The war in Ukraine and the coronavirus pandemic hit minimum wage workers and minimum wage firms harder than the rest of the economy. The minimum wage thus far had the strongest causal ef-fects directly after its introduction. Hourly wages increased, while working hours decreased, resulting in mixed effects on monthly wages. Overall employment fell slightly, with a decline in marginal employment in particular. Companies’ wage costs increased, and as productivity did not change, profits declined.

In 2023, around **** 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 *** percent of workers in the education and health services experienced the same low wages.

Number of UK jobs paid below minimum wage by sex, age, occupation and industry, and region, annual estimates, 1998 to 2023. Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

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