3.9% of people paid hourly wages earn at or less than minimum wage from that link.<p>Your figure of 0.9% is for people over 25 who earn <i>exactly</i> minimum wage (1.6% in that line earn <i>less</i> than it)<p>Edit: Also, if you&#x27;re not paid hourly (i.e. flat salary), you&#x27;ll not be included in those tables. So if you&#x27;re salaried at minimum wage, but work unpaid hours (which seems to be common in the US), you&#x27;re earning less than the minimum wage, but not &quot;Officially&quot;.