This statistic shows the percentage distribution of workers paid hourly rates at or below prevailing federal minimum wage in the United States in 2022, by their race or ethnicity. In 2022, around 75.4 percent of the people who were paid hourly rates at or below the prevailing federal minimum wage in the U.S. were white.
Distribution of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below minimum wage in the United States in 2022, by race or ethnicity
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (January 25, 2023). Distribution of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below minimum wage in the United States in 2022, by race or ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/298869/percentage-of-low-wage-workers-in-the-us-by-ethnicity/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Distribution of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below minimum wage in the United States in 2022, by race or ethnicity." Chart. January 25, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/298869/percentage-of-low-wage-workers-in-the-us-by-ethnicity/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2023). Distribution of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below minimum wage in the United States in 2022, by race or ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/298869/percentage-of-low-wage-workers-in-the-us-by-ethnicity/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Distribution of Workers Paid Hourly Rates with Earnings at or below Minimum Wage in The United States in 2022, by Race or Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Jan 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/298869/percentage-of-low-wage-workers-in-the-us-by-ethnicity/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Distribution of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below minimum wage in the United States in 2022, by race or ethnicity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/298869/percentage-of-low-wage-workers-in-the-us-by-ethnicity/ (last visited May 21, 2024)
Distribution of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below minimum wage in the United States in 2022, by race or ethnicity [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 25, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/298869/percentage-of-low-wage-workers-in-the-us-by-ethnicity/