Characteristics of minimum wage workers in 2002.(Research Summary)

From: Monthly Labor Review | Date: September 1, 2003| Author: Haugen, Steven E. | Copyright information

BLS data on minimum wage earners are derived from the Current Population Survey (CPS), a nationwide sample survey of households that includes questions identifying hourly paid workers and their hourly wage rate. In 2002, some 72.7 million American workers--roughly 3 out of 5 wage and salary workers--were paid at hourly rates. (1) Of those paid by the hour, about 570,000 were reported as earning exactly $5.15, the prevailing Federal minimum wage, and another 1.6 million were reported...

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