Number of salaried workers left behind by the Trump overtime proposal, by industry and occupation, projected for 2020
Workers left behind by 2019 proposal | Under the 2016 rule | Under the 2019 proposal | ||||||||
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Group | Total workers left behind | Workers who would have gotten new protections under the 2016 rule | Workers who would have gotten strengthened protections under 2016 rule | Total affected workers | Workers with new protections | Workers with strengthened protections | Total affected workers | Workers with new protections | Workers with strengthened protections | Total salaried workers in the U.S. |
All | 8,240,000 | 3,140,000 | 5,100,000 | 13,470,000 | 4,550,000 | 8,920,000 | 5,230,000 | 1,410,000 | 3,820,000 | 59,140,000 |
Major industry | ||||||||||
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting | 100,000 | 10,000 | 90,000 | 200,000 | 10,000 | 180,000 | 90,000 | – | 90,000 | 490,000 |
Mining | 40,000 | 10,000 | 30,000 | 60,000 | 20,000 | 40,000 | 20,000 | 10,000 | 20,000 | 350,000 |
Construction | 500,000 | 90,000 | 410,000 | 910,000 | 140,000 | 770,000 | 410,000 | 40,000 | 370,000 | 2,740,000 |
Manufacturing | 700,000 | 250,000 | 450,000 | 1,080,000 | 350,000 | 720,000 | 380,000 | 110,000 | 270,000 | 5,660,000 |
Wholesale and retail trade | 1,060,000 | 380,000 | 680,000 | 1,700,000 | 560,000 | 1,140,000 | 640,000 | 180,000 | 460,000 | 6,000,000 |
Transportation and utilities | 400,000 | 100,000 | 310,000 | 670,000 | 140,000 | 530,000 | 270,000 | 50,000 | 220,000 | 3,060,000 |
Information | 210,000 | 110,000 | 100,000 | 310,000 | 160,000 | 150,000 | 100,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 1,510,000 |
Financial services | 870,000 | 410,000 | 450,000 | 1,330,000 | 610,000 | 730,000 | 470,000 | 190,000 | 270,000 | 5,750,000 |
Professional and business services | 1,090,000 | 530,000 | 550,000 | 1,680,000 | 760,000 | 920,000 | 600,000 | 230,000 | 370,000 | 8,610,000 |
Educational and health services | 1,730,000 | 780,000 | 950,000 | 2,860,000 | 1,130,000 | 1,730,000 | 1,140,000 | 350,000 | 780,000 | 15,600,000 |
Leisure and hospitality | 560,000 | 180,000 | 380,000 | 1,010,000 | 270,000 | 740,000 | 450,000 | 90,000 | 360,000 | 2,830,000 |
Other services | 440,000 | 120,000 | 320,000 | 830,000 | 180,000 | 660,000 | 390,000 | 60,000 | 340,000 | 2,800,000 |
Public administration | 550,000 | 160,000 | 390,000 | 830,000 | 210,000 | 620,000 | 280,000 | 60,000 | 220,000 | 3,750,000 |
Major occupation | ||||||||||
Management, business, and financial occupations | 1,740,000 | 1,290,000 | 450,000 | 2,480,000 | 1,810,000 | 660,000 | 740,000 | 530,000 | 210,000 | 15,800,000 |
Professional and related occupations | 1,850,000 | 1,160,000 | 690,000 | 2,750,000 | 1,660,000 | 1,080,000 | 900,000 | 500,000 | 390,000 | 20,640,000 |
Service occupations | 950,000 | 60,000 | 890,000 | 1,990,000 | 100,000 | 1,890,000 | 1,040,000 | 40,000 | 1,010,000 | 4,990,000 |
Sales and related occupations | 970,000 | 360,000 | 610,000 | 1,580,000 | 560,000 | 1,010,000 | 610,000 | 210,000 | 400,000 | 5,830,000 |
Office and administrative support occupations | 1,420,000 | 250,000 | 1,160,000 | 2,300,000 | 370,000 | 1,930,000 | 890,000 | 120,000 | 770,000 | 5,200,000 |
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 70,000 | – | 70,000 | 140,000 | – | 140,000 | 80,000 | – | 80,000 | 300,000 |
Construction and extraction occupations | 360,000 | – | 360,000 | 690,000 | – | 690,000 | 330,000 | – | 330,000 | 1,580,000 |
Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 260,000 | – | 260,000 | 420,000 | 10,000 | 410,000 | 160,000 | – | 160,000 | 1,190,000 |
Production occupations | 290,000 | 10,000 | 280,000 | 480,000 | 10,000 | 470,000 | 190,000 | – | 190,000 | 1,330,000 |
Transportation and material moving occupations | 340,000 | 10,000 | 330,000 | 630,000 | 10,000 | 630,000 | 300,000 | – | 290,000 | 2,270,000 |
Notes: Subtotals may not add up to totals due to rounding. Following the methodology used by the U.S. Department of Labor, the estimates include all workers affected by the federal salary threshold increase, and do not account for higher state salary thresholds. Values less than 5,000 are omitted from the table and are indicated with the “–” symbol.
Source: EPI analysis of pooled Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata, 2016–2018, following the methodology used in the U.S. Department of Labor’s 2019 proposed rule, “Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales and Computer Employees,” 29 CFR Part 541 (published March 22, 2019).