Who are these minimum wage workers? According to the official Bureau of Labor Statistics, 3.3 million workers earn a wage at or below the federal minimum wage of $7.25. Between 3.3 are divided into two main categories. The first category is those who earn exactly the federal minimum wage, which represents 1.5 million workers. The second category is those earning below the federal minimum wage which represents 1.8 million workers. The second category includes tipped workers, full-time students and disabled workers. Most of them are tipped workers and, regardless of how much tips they receive, they will make at least the federal minimum wage. About 50% of minimum wage earners are under 25; 20% of whom are teenagers aged between 16 and 19. Of the 3.3 million workers earning at or below the federal minimum wage, 1.5 million are employed in the food and service industries. The other 1.8 million are employed in industries such as sales, services, transportation, construction, offices and more. Those 3.3 million workers earning at or below the minimum wage represent 4.3% of the 75.9 million hourly U.S. workers. Those earning at or below the federal minimum wage, in terms of education of the total hourly paid workers: 10% earned less than a high school diploma, 4% earned a high school diploma, and 2 % have a degree. In terms of ethnicity: 5% are black, 4% are white and/or Hispanic, and 3% are Asian. Most federal minimum wage earners reside in Idaho and Tennessee (BLS 1). A fairly common misconception is that workers earning at or below the federal minimum wage are related to those who would be affected. ......ewresearch.org. Pew Research Center, December 4, 2013. Web. May 9, 2014. DOL. “History of Federal Minimum Wage Rates under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 1938-2009.” Dol.gov. U.S. Department of Labor, n.d. Web. May 11, 2014. Jamieson, Dave, and Saki Knafo. "Walmart's low wages could cost taxpayers $900,000 a year, Democrats say." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, May 31, 2013. Web. May 11, 2014. Reich, Michael, Ken Jacobs, and Annette Bernhardt. Berkely.edu. Institute for Research on Labor and Employment [IRLE], March 2014. Web. May 1, 2014.Shierholz, Heidi. “The minimum wage delay is one reason most Americans' wages have lagged behind productivity.” EPI.org. Institute of Economic Policy, 11 July 2013. Web. 28 May 2014. White, Matha. "Fast food workers cost US $7 billion a year in government aid | TIME.com." Time.com. TIME and Web. 01 May 2014.