This is even more pedantic but no, service workers are not generally payed the legal minimum wage. Wage theft by employers is over $20 billion a year (more tha

This is even more pedantic but no, service workers are not generally payed the legal minimum wage. Wage theft by employers is over $20 billion a year (more than all other kinds of theft combined) and wage theft happens predominantly to those being paid minimum wage. 17% of low wage earners are subject to wage theft -- 2.4 million people just in the 10 most populous states -- and the average amount of theft is $64 a week. Which doesn't sound like a lot but is 25% of their weekly wages.