Observations

2025: 7.0

Updated: Jan 28, 2026 9:13 AM CST

Units:

Percent,

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Annual

Notes

Title	Release Dates

Employed: Percent of hourly paid workers: Paid total at or below prevailing federal minimum wage: Private wage and salary workers: Food services and drinking places industries: 16 years and over	2015-01-21	2026-01-28

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics	2015-01-21	2026-01-28

Release

Weekly and Hourly Earnings from the Current Population Survey	2015-01-21	2026-01-28

Units

Percent	2015-01-21	2026-01-28

Frequency

Annual	2015-01-21	2026-01-28

Seasonal Adjustment

Not Seasonally Adjusted	2015-01-21	2026-01-28

Notes

Data measure usual hourly earnings of wage and salary workers. Wage and salary workers are workers who receive wages, salaries, commissions, tips, payment in kind, or piece rates. The group includes employees in both the private and public sectors but, for the purposes of the earnings series, it excludes all self-employed persons, both those with incorporated businesses and those with unincorporated businesses. For more information see https://www.bls.gov/cps/earnings.htm The series comes from the 'Current Population Survey (Household Survey)' The source code is: LEU0206959300	2015-01-21	2026-01-28

Employed: Percent of hourly paid workers: Paid total at or below prevailing federal minimum wage: Private wage and salary workers: Food services and drinking places industries: 16 years and over (LEU0206959300A)