Minimum Wage

Employed wage and salary workers paid hourly rates and workers with earnings at or below the Federal minimum wage by major occupation group, 2004

Occupation	Workers paid hourly wages
	Total	At or below $5.15 per hour
	Total	Total	At $5.15	Below $5.15
Total, 16 years and over	73,939,000	2,003,000	520,000	1,483,000
Management, professional, and related occupations	13,743,000	66,000	27,000	39,000
Management, business, and financial operations occupations	3,750,000	16,000	2,000	14,000
Professional and related occupations	9,993,000	50,000	25,000	25,000
Service occupations	16,381,000	1,494,000	256,000	1,238,000
Healthcare support occupations	2,460,000	33,000	12,000	21,000
Protective service occupations	1,823,000	24,000	4,000	20,000
Food preparation and serving related occupations	6,236,000	1,183,000	147,000	1,036,000
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	3,608,000	102,000	39,000	63,000
Personal care and service occupations	2,254,000	151,000	54,000	97,000
Sales and office occupations	20,650,000	250,000	146,000	104,000
Sales and related occupations	7,512,000	142,000	76,000	66,000
Office and administrative support occupations	13,139,000	106,000	69,000	37,000
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations	9,368,000	50,000	26,000	24,000
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	603,000	21,000	11,000	10,000
Construction and extraction occupations	5,430,000	13,000	6,000	7,000
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	3,335,000	15,000	9,000	6,000
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	13,796,000	144,000	66,000	78,000
Production occupations	7,708,000	54,000	18,000	36,000
Transportation and material moving occupations	6,087,000	89,000	47,000	42,000

source: Current Population Survey; about this section