Workers in the food and drink service industry are more likely to suffer minimum wage violations than workers in other industries
Shares of workers in select industries experiencing minimum wage violations
Industry
Share of workforce demographic experiencing minimum wage violations
Food and drink service
14.3%
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing
9.1%
Leisure and hospitality, excluding food and drink
6.8%
Retail
4.7%
Industries of workers experiencing minimum wage violations
Industry
Share of workers experiencing minimum wage violations
Food and drink service
25.9%
Retail
14.8%
Education and health
13.4%
Other industries
12.0%
Professional and business
7.9%
Manufacturing
5.4%
Other leisure and hospitality
5.1%
Transportation and utilities
4.0%
Financial activities
3.5%
Construction
3.2%
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing
1.8%
Wholesale
1.7%
Information
1.5%
Note: Industries with the highest rates of minimum wage violations are shown. Other industry-specific data can be found in Appendix Table A3.
Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group data, 2013–2015