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