Figure A
Share of full-time salary workforce who earn less than the federal overtime salary threshold, 1975--2016
| Year | Share of FT salaried workers below threshold |
|---|---|
| 1975 | 62.8% |
| 1976 | 57.4% |
| 1977 | 51.8% |
| 1978 | 46.3% |
| 1979 | 38.9% |
| 1980 | 33.0% |
| 1981 | 27.1% |
| 1982 | 22.5% |
| 1983 | 19.9% |
| 1984 | 16.9% |
| 1985 | 14.4% |
| 1986 | 12.6% |
| 1987 | 10.7% |
| 1988 | 9.4% |
| 1989 | 9.0% |
| 1990 | 7.8% |
| 1991 | 6.4% |
| 1992 | 6.1% |
| 1993 | 5.6% |
| 1994 | 7.2% |
| 1995 | 6.6% |
| 1996 | 6.3% |
| 1997 | 5.5% |
| 1998 | 5.1% |
| 1999 | 4.2% |
| 2000 | 4.0% |
| 2001 | 3.6% |
| 2002 | 3.3% |
| 2003 | 3.2% |
| 2004 | 13.4% |
| 2005 | 13.1% |
| 2006 | 11.6% |
| 2007 | 11.1% |
| 2008 | 10.0% |
| 2009 | 9.6% |
| 2010 | 9.3% |
| 2011 | 9.1% |
| 2012 | 8.7% |
| 2013 | 8.2% |
| 2014 | 7.9% |
| 2015 | 7.6% |
| 2016 | 6.8% |
Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata, various years
This chart appears in:
- Modernizing Massachusetts overtime law is critical to strengthening pay and protecting work-life balance for hundreds of thousands of Massachusetts workers: Testimony of David Cooper before the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development in support of H. 1609 and S. 1092
- What’s at stake in the states if the 2016 federal raise to the overtime pay threshold is not preserved—and what states can do about it: State action to modernize overtime rules (research report)