This statistic shows the number of workers paid hourly rates at or below the prevailing federal minimum wage in the United States in 2022, according to their marital status. About 680,000 people who earned the federal minimum wage or less in 2022 were never married.
Number of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the minimum wage in the United States in 2022, by marital status (in thousands)
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (August 1, 2022). Number of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the minimum wage in the United States in 2022, by marital status (in thousands) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 15, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/299408/us-minimum-wage-workers-in-by-marital-status/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Number of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the minimum wage in the United States in 2022, by marital status (in thousands)." Chart. August 1, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 15, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/299408/us-minimum-wage-workers-in-by-marital-status/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2022). Number of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the minimum wage in the United States in 2022, by marital status (in thousands). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 15, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/299408/us-minimum-wage-workers-in-by-marital-status/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Number of Workers Paid Hourly Rates with Earnings at or below The Minimum Wage in The United States in 2022, by Marital Status (in Thousands)." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Aug 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/299408/us-minimum-wage-workers-in-by-marital-status/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Number of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the minimum wage in the United States in 2022, by marital status (in thousands) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/299408/us-minimum-wage-workers-in-by-marital-status/ (last visited June 15, 2024)
Number of workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the minimum wage in the United States in 2022, by marital status (in thousands) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, August 1, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/299408/us-minimum-wage-workers-in-by-marital-status/