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U.S. minimum wage workers 2017, by state

Share of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the minimum wage in the U.S. in 2017, by state

The data displays the number of workers paid hourly rates at or below prevailing federal minimum wage in the U.S. in 2017, by state. In 2017, around 3.4% of hourly wage workers in Alabama made at or below minimum wage.

Kentucky	4.4
Mississippi	4.1
Tennessee	4.1
South Carolina	3.8
Virginia	3.6
Louisiana	3.6
Alabama	3.4
Idaho	3.3
North Carolina	3.3
Kansas	3.2
Georgia	3.2
Texas	3.1
Pennsylvania	3.1
Oklahoma	3.1
District of Columbia	3
Indiana	3
Delaware	2.9
Wisconsin	2.7
Maine	2.7
New Mexico	2.7
Maryland	2.7
Florida	2.6
Illinois	2.5
Massachusetts	2.5
Utah	2.4
Wyoming	2.2
West Virginia	2.1
Michigan	2.1
New Hampshire	2.1
Missouri	2
North Dakota	2
Arkansas	1.8
Vermont	1.8
New York	1.8
Arizona	1.8
South Dakota	1.8
Iowa	1.7
Colorado	1.7
Hawaii	1.7
Ohio	1.7
Connecticut	1.5
New Jersey	1.5
Nevada	1.4
Rhode Island	1.4
Nebraska	1.3
Oregon	1.2
Alaska	1.2
Minnesota	0.9
Washington	0.8
Montana	0.8
California	0.5

U.S. minimum wage workers 2017, by state

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