Graph and download economic data for Employed: Paid below prevailing federal minimum wage: Wage and salary workers: Production occupations: 16 years and over (LEU0204843800A) from 2000 to 2024 about paid, minimum wage, occupation, salaries, workers, 16 years +, federal, wages, production, employment, and USA.

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.

In 2023, about ****** workers in the manufacturing sector were paid hourly rates at or below the prevailing federal minimum wage. The most workers at this earning level were in the leisure and hospitality industry at ******* workers earning minimum wage or less.

Graph and download economic data for Employed: Paid below prevailing federal minimum wage: Local wage and salary workers: 16 years and over (LEU0204927700A) from 2000 to 2024 about paid, minimum wage, salaries, workers, 16 years +, federal, wages, employment, and USA.

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.

The federally mandated minimum wage in the United States is 7.25 U.S. dollars per hour, although the minimum wage varies from state to state. As of January 1, 2025, the District of Columbia had the highest minimum wage in the U.S., at 17.5 U.S. dollars per hour. This was followed by Washington, which had 16.66 U.S. dollars per hour as the state minimum wage. Minimum wage workers Minimum wage jobs are traditionally seen as “starter jobs” in the U.S., or first jobs for teenagers and young adults, and the number of people working minimum wage jobs has decreased from almost four million in 1979 to about 247,000 in 2020. However, the number of workers earning less than minimum wage in 2020 was significantly higher, at about 865,000. Minimum wage jobs Minimum wage jobs are primarily found in food preparation and serving occupations, as well as sales jobs (primarily in retail). Because the minimum wage has not kept up with inflation, nor has it been increased since 2009, it is becoming harder and harder live off of a minimum wage wage job, and for those workers to afford essential things like rent.

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.

In 20220232, about ******* wage and salary workers aged between 16 to 24 years were paid hourly rates at or below the prevailing federal minimum wage in the United States. This can be compared to the ******* in the next age group of 25 to 34 years who made the same hourly rates.

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.

Graph and download economic data for Total Wage and Salary Workers Paid Below Prevailing Federal Minimum Wage: 16 Years and Over (T16OC4) from 1979 to 2024 about paid, minimum wage, salaries, workers, 16 years +, federal, wages, and USA.

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.

Graph and download economic data for Employed: Percent of hourly paid workers: Paid total at or below prevailing federal minimum wage: Private wage and salary workers: Transportation and warehousing industries: 16 years and over (LEU0204865800A) from 2000 to 2024 about paid, warehousing, minimum wage, transportation, salaries, workers, hours, 16 years +, percent, federal, wages, private, employment, industry, and USA.

United States - Employed: Paid below prevailing federal minimum wage: Wage and salary workers: Construction and extraction occupations: 16 years and over was 0.00000 Thous. of Persons in January of 2024, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Employed: Paid below prevailing federal minimum wage: Wage and salary workers: Construction and extraction occupations: 16 years and over reached a record high of 35.00000 in January of 2002 and a record low of 0.00000 in January of 2024. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Employed: Paid below prevailing federal minimum wage: Wage and salary workers: Construction and extraction occupations: 16 years and over - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on October of 2025.

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.

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.

United States - Employed: Paid total at or below prevailing federal minimum wage: Wage and salary workers: 16 years and over: White: Men was 239.00000 Thous. of Persons in January of 2024, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Employed: Paid total at or below prevailing federal minimum wage: Wage and salary workers: 16 years and over: White: Men reached a record high of 1254.00000 in January of 2010 and a record low of 211.00000 in January of 2023. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Employed: Paid total at or below prevailing federal minimum wage: Wage and salary workers: 16 years and over: White: Men - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on September of 2025.

In 2023, about 789,000 workers were paid hourly rates below the official minimum wage in the United States. This was the lowest number of workers paid below minimum wage in the U.S. since 1979.

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.

The minimum wage per day guaranteed by law in Mexico was decreed to increase by approximately 12 percent between 2024 and 2025, reaching 278.8 Mexican pesos in 2025. The Northern Free Zone located near the northern border was the exception, where the minimum daily wage increased to 419.88 Mexican pesos. Education and income disparity The income distribution is entirely a new story than minimum wages, in fact, there are many factors that influence the level of salaries for Mexican workers. One of the main differences is by the number of schooling years, someone with more than 18 years of study earns on average double than employees with seven to nine years. Moreover, the area of study, while statistics and finance mean salaries, the highest wages by degree, are above 30,000 Mexican pesos per month, others such as performing arts and theology rank as the lowest paying degrees in Mexico.
Poverty still among the main problems
Despite one of the main reasons for minimum wage increases being moving people out from poverty conditions, poverty continues to be one of the main problems Mexican society faces. The number of people living under poverty conditions has decreased by 8.54 million inhabitants from 2014 to 2022, nonetheless, the figure is still higher than 46.5 million. The poverty rate varies among states, with Chiapas leading the ranking with 67.4 percent of the population under such conditions, while both Baja California and Baja California Sur recorded less than 14 percent.

United States - Employed: Paid at prevailing federal minimum wage: Wage and salary workers: 25 years and over: Men was 21.00000 Thous. of Persons in January of 2024, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Employed: Paid at prevailing federal minimum wage: Wage and salary workers: 25 years and over: Men reached a record high of 260.00000 in January of 2011 and a record low of 6.00000 in January of 2023. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Employed: Paid at prevailing federal minimum wage: Wage and salary workers: 25 years and over: Men - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on October of 2025.