Almost one in five Queensland workers

The average lost super of $ 1915 for a $ 10,000 employee over the years to $ 4,000, which could have increased to $ 70,000 over an employee's working life.

However, it was likely that people were "regular" to wage theft victims and superannuation victims would overlap extensively, the McKell report said.

Wage theft was most prevalent in retail, hospitality, fast food, convenience stores, petrol stations, cleaning, fruit and vegetable picking work, and trade apprenticeships, but occurred throughout the economy.

The report states that the union is one of a number of reasons, including being unaware of their rights, declining level of unionization and rising levels of insecure work.

Reported cases often involved vulnerable employees, such as young people, people with disabilities, migrants and international students.

McKell Institute Queensland executive director Marianna O'Gorman said the results were striking.

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"There have been few attempts at quantifying the economic impact of wage-earning in Australia and none in Queensland," she said.

"But we need to open our eyes to just how widespread and damaging the problem is.

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The report is based on a number of factors, including, but not limited to:

"The non-payment of superannuation is particularly prevalent as it is harder for workers to monitor and therefore report," Ms O'Gorman said.

"Unfortunately, this type of wage has the worst impact, undermining the sense of financial security that most hard-working Australians place in our superannuation system."

Ms O'Gorman said that the wage was often unnoticed and unpunished.

"But it undermines the tenets of Australia's sense of fairness," she said.

"It is also unfair to the majority of Queensland businesses that act ethically and comply with the law.

"It makes these businesses that do the right thing by workers at an unfair disadvantage.

"It often impacts those in our community who are already vulnerable and struggling to make ends meet."

At a Labor Day rally in May, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced she would launch a survey to examine moguls who rip off their employees.

The Education, Employment and Small Business Committee is due to be released from the wage inquiry on Friday, November 16.