Crop farming has topped child labor violations for decades

From 1995 to 2024, bakery manufacturing, meatpacking and contract labor were among top sectors of ag industry violators.

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Categories are assigned based on Bureau of Labor Statistic North American Industry Classification System, a federally used standard for categorizing industries. Incidents logged are from 1995 to 2024.

Chart: John McCracken, Investigate MidwestSource: Department of LaborGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper