Appendix Table A

Estimated number of exempt workers with the current and proposed salary levels by select worker characteristics, 2022

Demographic Workers subject to FLSA (millions) Potentially affected EAP workers (millions) Not affected (millions) Affected by standard (millions) Affected by HCE (millions) Affected, below tested threshold (millions) Affected, above tested threshold (millions) Total affected (millions) Affected as share of all workers subject to FLSA Affected as share of potentially affected Sample size
Overall 139.39 28.35 24.70 3.53 0.11 1.72 1.91 3.64 2.6% 12.8% 99,812
Gender
Male 72.16 16.57 15.13 1.53 0.07 0.74 0.86 1.60 2.2% 9.7% 54,633
Female 67.23 11.78 9.57 2.00 0.04 0.99 1.05 2.04 3.0% 17.3% 45,179
Race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic 84.58 19.75 17.38 2.33 0.08 1.13 1.28 2.41 2.8% 12.2% 74,097
Black, non-Hispanic 17.48 2.30 1.82 0.43 0.01 0.22 0.21 0.43 2.5% 18.8% 6,968
Hispanic, any race 25.61 2.60 2.11 0.44 0.01 0.22 0.23 0.45 1.7% 17.2% 8,108
Asian, non-Hispanic 10.32 3.52 3.24 0.30 0.02 0.14 0.17 0.32 3.1% 9.0% 9,942
Other race/ethnicity
Race/ethnicity & gender
White – Male 43.67 11.72 10.81 1.00 0.05 0.48 0.57 1.05 2.4% 9.0% 41,427
White – Female 40.91 8.03 6.57 1.33 0.03 0.65 0.71 1.35 3.3% 16.9% 32,670
Black – Male 8.08 1.12 0.93 0.17 0.00 0.09 0.09 0.18 2.2% 15.9% 3,013
Black – Female 9.40 1.18 0.89 0.25 0.00 0.13 0.12 0.26 2.7% 21.7% 3,955
Hispanic – Male 14.34 1.51 1.30 0.20 0.01 0.10 0.11 0.21 1.5% 13.8% 4,215
Hispanic – Female 11.28 1.09 0.82 0.23 0.00 0.12 0.12 0.24 2.1% 21.9% 3,893
Asian – Male 5.35 2.12 2.01 0.14 0.01 0.07 0.08 0.15 2.8% 6.9% 5,639
Asian – Female 4.97 1.40 1.23 0.16 0.01 0.08 0.09 0.17 3.4% 12.2% 4,303
Other – Male 0.71 0.10 0.08 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 2.1% 15.3% 339
Other – Female 0.68 0.09 0.06 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.02 2.8% 22.4% 358
Age
16–24 18.12 0.83 0.53 0.24 0.00 0.14 0.11 0.24 1.3% 29.4% 2,829
25–34 33.35 6.84 5.57 1.14 0.02 0.54 0.62 1.16 3.5% 16.9% 22,185
35–44 30.27 7.58 6.81 0.80 0.03 0.39 0.44 0.83 2.7% 11.0% 26,298
45–54 27.54 6.80 6.15 0.68 0.03 0.33 0.38 0.71 2.6% 10.5% 23,888
55–64 22.60 5.01 4.54 0.50 0.02 0.24 0.28 0.52 2.3% 10.3% 19,059
65+ 7.52 1.28 1.09 0.17 0.00 0.09 0.09 0.18 2.4% 13.9% 5,553
Education
Less than high school 10.32 0.13 0.08 0.04 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.04 0.4% 30.4% 658
High school 35.82 2.27 1.66 0.52 0.01 0.27 0.26 0.52 1.5% 23.0% 10,794
Some college 36.91 4.31 3.37 0.82 0.01 0.42 0.41 0.83 2.3% 19.3% 18,490
College 35.81 13.58 12.04 1.52 0.05 0.72 0.86 1.58 4.4% 11.6% 44,821
Advanced 20.53 8.05 7.54 0.63 0.04 0.29 0.38 0.66 3.2% 8.3% 25,049
Major industry
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting 1.33 0.06 0.04 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.8% 16.7% 289
Mining 0.62 0.17 0.16 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 1.6% 5.9% 709
Construction 8.91 1.19 1.03 0.15 0.00 0.08 0.07 0.15 1.7% 12.6% 4,070
Manufacturing 15.13 3.90 3.58 0.30 0.02 0.15 0.17 0.32 2.1% 8.2% 12,267
Wholesale and retail trade 18.61 2.70 2.29 0.40 0.01 0.20 0.21 0.41 2.2% 15.2% 11,012
Transportation and utilities 8.51 1.03 0.91 0.12 0.00 0.06 0.06 0.12 1.4% 11.7% 4,181
Information 2.56 0.96 0.84 0.12 0.00 0.06 0.06 0.12 4.7% 12.5% 3,286
Financial activities 9.85 4.25 3.77 0.46 0.02 0.22 0.26 0.48 4.9% 11.3% 14,270
Professional and business services 16.78 6.75 6.07 0.66 0.03 0.31 0.38 0.69 4.1% 10.2% 20,310
Educational and health services 34.55 4.72 3.89 0.82 0.01 0.40 0.43 0.83 2.4% 17.6% 18,162
Leisure and hospitality 11.60 0.87 0.69 0.18 0.00 0.09 0.09 0.18 1.6% 20.7% 3,549
Other services 5.31 0.74 0.60 0.14 0.00 0.08 0.06 0.14 2.6% 18.9% 3,022
Public administration 5.63 1.01 0.83 0.18 0.00 0.09 0.09 0.18 3.2% 17.8% 4,685
Major occupation
Management, business, and financial occupations 23.67 14.41 12.87 1.56 0.05 0.74 0.87 1.61 6.8% 11.2% 42,269
Professional and related occupations 34.76 10.24 8.99 1.24 0.04 0.60 0.67 1.27 3.7% 12.4% 32,406
Service occupations 21.83 0.15 0.10 0.04 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.04 0.2% 29.5% 1,317
Sales and related occupations 12.64 2.32 1.90 0.38 0.01 0.19 0.20 0.39 3.1% 16.8% 11,637
Office and administrative support occupations 15.81 1.01 0.66 0.29 0.00 0.15 0.14 0.29 1.8% 28.8% 10,089
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations 0.86 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0% 39.5% 15
Construction and extraction occupations 6.72 0.02 0.02 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.1% 17.6% 621
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations 4.53 0.04 0.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.1% 10.3% 344
Production occupations 7.97 0.10 0.09 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.1% 11.6% 750
Transportation and material moving occupations 10.60 0.05 0.04 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.1% 16.1% 364
Census division
New England 6.83 1.69 1.54 0.16 0.01 0.08 0.09 0.17 2.4% 9.8% 8,946
Middle Atlantic 17.92 4.01 3.57 0.44 0.02 0.21 0.25 0.46 2.6% 11.4% 10,054
East North Central 20.48 3.97 3.43 0.51 0.01 0.25 0.28 0.53 2.6% 13.2% 10,570
West North Central 9.92 1.85 1.56 0.27 0.01 0.13 0.15 0.27 2.8% 14.9% 9,152
South Atlantic 26.77 5.54 4.67 0.81 0.02 0.40 0.42 0.83 3.1% 14.9% 19,601
East South Central 7.68 1.21 0.97 0.21 0.00 0.11 0.11 0.22 2.8% 17.8% 5,502
West South Central 16.97 3.20 2.71 0.46 0.01 0.23 0.24 0.47 2.8% 14.6% 10,213
Mountain 10.74 2.06 1.78 0.27 0.01 0.13 0.15 0.27 2.6% 13.4% 10,673
Pacific 22.08 4.83 4.47 0.41 0.02 0.19 0.23 0.43 1.9% 8.8% 15,101
Sector
Government 18.70 2.20 1.79 0.39 0.01 0.19 0.21 0.40 2.1% 18.1% 9,895
Private, for profit 110.90 23.88 21.02 2.76 0.09 1.35 1.51 2.86 2.6% 12.0% 81,023
Private, nonprofit 9.80 2.27 1.89 0.38 0.01 0.19 0.20 0.38 3.9% 16.9% 8,894
Economic Policy Institute

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