Women are more likely than men to suffer minimum wage violations

Shares by gender of workers experiencing minimum wage violations

Men Women
Workers experiencing minimum wage violations 44.9% 55.1%
Total minimum-wage-eligible workforce 53.4% 46.6%

Shares of men and women experiencing minimum wage violations

Share of workforce demographic experiencing minimum wage violations
Men 3.5%
Women 4.9%

Average paid and unpaid weekly wages of workers experiencing minimum wage violations, by gender

Average weekly wages received by workers experiencing minimum wage violations Average weekly lost wages for workers experiencing minimum wage violations
Men $216 $64
Women $191 $63

Note: Weekly amount paid represents the average weekly wages received by workers experiencing minimum wage violations. Weekly amount stolen represents the average weekly lost wages for workers experiencing minimum wage violations.

Sample includes workers age 16 to 85 in the ten most populous states: California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas.

Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group data, 2013–2015

View the underlying data on epi.org.