U.S. workers paid below minimum wage 2023
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.
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Number of wage and salary workers in the United States paid hourly rates below the prevailing Federal minimum wage from 1979 to 2023 (in 1,000s)
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (August 15, 2024). Number of wage and salary workers in the United States paid hourly rates below the prevailing Federal minimum wage from 1979 to 2023 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 27, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/188196/wage-and-salary-workers-paid-below-minimum-wage-since-1979/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Number of wage and salary workers in the United States paid hourly rates below the prevailing Federal minimum wage from 1979 to 2023 (in 1,000s)." Chart. August 15, 2024. Statista. Accessed June 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/188196/wage-and-salary-workers-paid-below-minimum-wage-since-1979/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2024). Number of wage and salary workers in the United States paid hourly rates below the prevailing Federal minimum wage from 1979 to 2023 (in 1,000s). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/188196/wage-and-salary-workers-paid-below-minimum-wage-since-1979/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Number of Wage and Salary Workers in The United States Paid Hourly Rates below The Prevailing Federal Minimum Wage from 1979 to 2023 (in 1,000s)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Aug 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/188196/wage-and-salary-workers-paid-below-minimum-wage-since-1979/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Number of wage and salary workers in the United States paid hourly rates below the prevailing Federal minimum wage from 1979 to 2023 (in 1,000s) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/188196/wage-and-salary-workers-paid-below-minimum-wage-since-1979/ (last visited June 27, 2025)
Number of wage and salary workers in the United States paid hourly rates below the prevailing Federal minimum wage from 1979 to 2023 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, August 15, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/188196/wage-and-salary-workers-paid-below-minimum-wage-since-1979/
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