"Figure 4: Number and percentage of jobs paid below the National Minimum Wage by major occupation group, UK, April 2015","" "","" "","" "Notes","1. Number of jobs paid at less than £2.73 per hour (apprentices aged 16 to 18 and those aged 19 or over who are in their first year) or £3.79 per hour (employees aged 16 to 17) or £5.13 per hour (employees aged 18 to 20) or £6.50 per hour (employees aged 21 and over). 2. Estimates are based on hourly earnings excluding overtime and shift premium payments. Activities of households as employers and extraterritorial organisations as well as employees with an unknown industry status are excluded. 3. Excludes employees whose pay was affected by absence. 4. Occupations as defined by the Standard Occupational Classification 2010. 5. Data are provisional." "Unit","" "","" "Occupation","Jobs (thousands)","% of jobs" "Elementary occupations","55","1.7" "Sales and customer service occupations","32","1.4" "Caring leisure and other service occupations","29","1.1" "Skilled trades occupations","19","0.9" "Administrative and secretarial occupations","23","0.7" "Managers directors and senior officials","17","0.7" "Process plant and machine operatives","11","0.7" "Associate professional and technical occupations","13","0.4" "Professional occupations","8","0.2"