Characteristics of Maryland workers who would be affected by establishing $900 per week as the salary threshold for the "white-collar exemption" to minimum wage and overtime protections

 

Total salaried workers Workers with new protections Workers with strengthened protections Total affected workers
All 1,352,200 69,500 149,000 218,600
Gender
Men 722,300 34,900 73,500 108,500
Women 629,900 34,600 75,500 110,100
Race/ethnicity
White, non-Hispanic 827,100 44,100 75,300 119,400
Black, non-Hispanic 298,400 13,400 38,800 52,200
Other race or ethnicity 226,700 12,000 35,000 47,000
Age
Ages 16–24 61,400 8,900 13,100 22,000
Ages 25–34 293,900 23,800 40,500 64,200
Ages 35–44 304,400 11,600 34,200 45,700
Ages 45–54 358,200 11,200 34,500 45,700
Age 55 or older 334,200 14,100 26,800 40,900
Educational attainment
High school or less 216,300 10,300 53,900 64,300
Some college 242,700 17,500 43,000 60,500
College degree 444,300 27,000 38,300 65,300
Advanced degree 448,900 14,700 13,800 28,500
Parental status
Not a parent 867,200 52,300 102,100 154,400
Father 273,400 9,200 24,300 33,500
Mother 211,600 8,100 22,600 30,700

Notes: The "white-collar exemption" exempts executives, administrative employees, and professionals from eligibility for overtime (time-and-a-half for hours worked in excess of 40 in a week) and the minimum wage. Workers with new protections are those who would not have been eligible previously because they had some managerial duties, but are paid between $455 (the current salary threshold) and $900 per week. Workers with strengthened protections are those who are paid between $455 and $900 per week and have no managerial duties, thus they should have been eligible already.

Source: Economic Policy Institute analysis of Current Population Survey microdata

View the underlying data on epi.org.