Non-U.S. citizens are more likely to suffer minimum wage violations than U.S. citizens
Shares by citizenship status of workers experiencing minimum wage violations
U.S.-born citizen
Naturalized U.S. citizen
Not a U.S. citizen
Workers experiencing minimum wage violations
72.3%
9.7%
18.0%
Total minimum-wage-eligible workforce
78.8%
9.8%
11.4%
Share of each citizenship status group experiencing minimum wage violations
Share of workforce demographic experiencing minimum wage violations
U.S.-born citizen
3.8%
Naturalized U.S. citizen
4.1%
Not a U.S. citizen
6.5%
Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group data, 2013–2015