Average share of family income provided by worker affected by increasing the federal minimum wage to $12 by 2020, U.S. and by state
State | Average share of total family income earned by affected worker |
---|---|
Connecticut | 38.5% |
New Hampshire | 41.2% |
Maryland | 41.7% |
Vermont | 43.0% |
New Jersey | 43.5% |
Massachusetts | 44.2% |
Minnesota | 46.0% |
Pennsylvania | 46.2% |
Wisconsin | 46.6% |
Hawaii | 47.3% |
Alaska | 47.6% |
Rhode Island | 47.9% |
Delaware | 48.1% |
Utah | 48.4% |
Virginia | 48.5% |
South Dakota | 50.5% |
Illinois | 50.6% |
New York | 50.9% |
Colorado | 51.1% |
Michigan | 51.5% |
North Dakota | 52.4% |
Ohio | 52.5% |
Missouri | 52.9% |
Maine | 53.1% |
Washington | 53.1% |
Wyoming | 53.6% |
Kansas | 53.7% |
Indiana | 54.1% |
United States | 54.3% |
Nebraska | 54.3% |
Iowa | 54.7% |
California | 54.7% |
Idaho | 56.5% |
Arizona | 57.2% |
Tennessee | 57.5% |
Florida | 57.8% |
Nevada | 58.2% |
West Virginia | 58.9% |
Oklahoma | 58.9% |
Georgia | 59.0% |
Oregon | 59.3% |
New Mexico | 59.6% |
Montana | 59.7% |
Alabama | 59.8% |
Texas | 60.1% |
Louisiana | 60.3% |
Mississippi | 60.6% |
South Carolina | 60.6% |
Kentucky | 61.2% |
North Carolina | 62.4% |
Arkansas | 64.2% |
Source: EPI analysis of Raise the Wage Act using Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata