Part-time workers are 3.5 times more likely to experience minimum wage violations than full-time workers

Shares by usual weekly work hours of workers experiencing minimum wage violations

Part or mid time (<34 hours) Full time (35+ hours)
Workers experiencing minimum wage violations 47.5% 52.5%
Total minimum-wage-eligible workforce 20.3% 79.7%

Share of each work hours group experiencing minimum wage violations

Share of workforce demographic experiencing minimum wage violations
Part or mid time (<34 hours) 9.6%
Full time (35+ hours) 2.7%

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

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.

View the underlying data on epi.org.