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Share of U.S. workers paid minimum wage or less 1979-2016

Share of wage and salary workers in the United States paid hourly rates at or below the prevailing federal minimum wage from 1979 to 2016

The data shows the share of wage and salary workers in the U.S. paid hourly rates at or below the prevailing Federal minimum wage from 1979 to 2016. In 2016, 2.7% of workers were paid hourly rates at the official minimum wage.

1979	13.4
1980	15.1
1981	15.1
1982	12.8
1983	12.2
1984	11
1985	9.9
1986	8.8
1987	7.9
1988	6.5
1989	5.1
1990	5.1
1991	8.4
1992	7.7
1993	6.7
1994	6.2
1995	5.3
1996	5.4
1997	6.7
1998	6.2
1999	4.6
2000	3.6
2001	3
2002	3
2003	2.9
2004	2.7
2005	2.5
2006	2.2
2007	2.3
2008	3
2009	4.9
2010	6
2011	5.2
2012	4.7
2013	4.3
2014	3.9
2015	3.3
2016	2.7

Share of U.S. workers paid minimum wage or less 1979-2016

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