In 2021, women made up a disproportionate share of all workers who earned at or below the federal minimum wage
Percentage of workers who earned hourly rates*, at and below minimum wage, by race/ethnicity and sex * Percentage who earn hourly rates in parentheses.
Stacked bar graph illustrating that in 2021, women were significantly more likely to earn at or below minimum wage compared with their male counterparts. For example, 52.4 percent of white women earned less than the minimum wage, compared with 25.1 percent of white men.