Table 2

Workers affected by proposed overtime regulations, 2013

Salaried workers in supervisory/managerial/professional occupations
Total currently exempt
(earn more than $455/wk)
Would be newly covered
(earn $455 to $984/wk)
Still exempt
(earn more than $984/wk)
Total 21.7 million 6.1 million 15.6 million
Share of total 28.2% 71.8%
Men 59% 46% 65%
Women 41% 54% 35%
White (non-Hispanic) 75% 72% 77%
Black (non-Hispanic) 7% 9% 6%
Hispanic 7% 11% 6%
Other 11% 8% 12%
16–24 3% 6% 1%
25–34 22% 31% 19%
35–44 27% 23% 29%
45–54 27% 22% 28%
55–64 18% 14% 19%
65+ 4% 3% 4%
Less than high school 1% 2% 0%
High school 10% 16% 7%
Some college 18% 27% 15%
College degree 43% 38% 45%
Advanced degree 29% 16% 33%

Note: Calculations use only data on full-time salaried (i.e. nonhourly) workers. To isolate supervisory/managerial/professional salaried workers, observations are weighted by the share in each individual's occupation that is exempt from the overtime protections of the Fair Labor Standards Act based on the duties of the occupation, according to U.S. Department of Labor codes.

Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Outgoing Rotation Group microdata

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