Chart: Workers who experience minimum wage violations are much more likely to work in a service occupation than in any other occupation: Occupations of workers experiencing minimum wage violations | Economic Policy Institute

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Workers who experience minimum wage violations are much more likely to work in a service occupation than in any other occupation: Occupations of workers experiencing minimum wage violations

Occupation	Share of workers experiencing minimum wage violations
Service	46.5%
Sales	15.0%
Office support	8.1%
Professional	7.9%
Transportation	7.8%
Production	4.3%
Management	4.1%
Construction and extraction	3.0%
Farming, forestry, and fishing	1.7%
Installation, maintenance, and repairs	1.6%

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

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Employers steal billions from workers’ paychecks each year: Survey data show millions of workers are paid less than the minimum wage, at significant cost to taxpayers and state economies

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