Characteristics of New York City workers who would benefit from increasing the city's minimum wage to $15 by 2018 and indexing it to inflation
| Directly affected | Indirectly affected | Total affected | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Estimated workforce | Count | Share of category | Count | Share of category | Count | Share of category | Share of the total affected population |
| Total | 4,147,178 | 1,144,905 | 27.6% | 298,377 | 7.2% | 1,443,282 | 34.8% | 100.0% |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Female | 2,018,403 | 575,744 | 28.5% | 150,421 | 7.5% | 726,165 | 36.0% | 50.3% |
| Male | 2,128,775 | 569,160 | 26.7% | 147,957 | 7.0% | 717,117 | 33.7% | 49.7% |
| Age | ||||||||
| 20 or older | 4,094,335 | 1,111,261 | 27.1% | 293,815 | 7.2% | 1,405,076 | 34.3% | 97.4% |
| Under 20 | 52,843 | 33,644 | 63.7% | 4,562 | 8.6% | 38,206 | 72.3% | 2.6% |
| Less than 25 | 403,519 | 233,126 | 57.8% | 37,179 | 9.2% | 270,305 | 67.0% | 18.7% |
| 25 to 39 | 1,656,839 | 441,307 | 26.6% | 131,337 | 7.9% | 572,643 | 34.6% | 39.7% |
| 40 to 54 | 1,339,685 | 310,426 | 23.2% | 82,051 | 6.1% | 392,477 | 29.3% | 27.2% |
| 55 or older | 747,136 | 160,046 | 21.4% | 47,811 | 6.4% | 207,857 | 27.8% | 14.4% |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 1,622,250 | 253,436 | 15.6% | 93,570 | 5.8% | 347,006 | 21.4% | 24.0% |
| Black or African American | 812,819 | 234,215 | 28.8% | 76,622 | 9.4% | 310,837 | 38.2% | 21.5% |
| Hispanic of any race | 1,031,672 | 447,717 | 43.4% | 82,679 | 8.0% | 530,396 | 51.4% | 36.7% |
| Asian | 585,046 | 183,518 | 31.4% | 37,897 | 6.5% | 221,414 | 37.8% | 15.3% |
| Other race or ethnicity | 95,392 | 26,019 | 27.3% | 7,610 | 8.0% | 33,629 | 35.3% | 2.3% |
| Education | ||||||||
| Less than high school | 422,058 | 256,425 | 60.8% | 35,906 | 8.5% | 292,331 | 69.3% | 20.3% |
| High school | 839,885 | 368,667 | 43.9% | 78,708 | 9.4% | 447,375 | 53.3% | 31.0% |
| Some college | 656,196 | 222,204 | 33.9% | 58,941 | 9.0% | 281,145 | 42.8% | 19.5% |
| Associate degree | 295,935 | 74,386 | 25.1% | 29,092 | 9.8% | 103,478 | 35.0% | 7.2% |
| Bachelor’s or higher | 1,933,104 | 223,223 | 11.5% | 95,730 | 5.0% | 318,953 | 16.5% | 22.1% |
| Family status | ||||||||
| Married parent | 1,204,006 | 270,699 | 22.5% | 70,285 | 5.8% | 340,984 | 28.3% | 23.6% |
| Single parent | 392,425 | 139,210 | 35.5% | 31,168 | 7.9% | 170,378 | 43.4% | 11.8% |
| Married, no children | 704,752 | 147,910 | 21.0% | 46,890 | 6.7% | 194,801 | 27.6% | 13.5% |
| Single, no children | 1,845,995 | 587,085 | 31.8% | 150,034 | 8.1% | 737,120 | 39.9% | 51.1% |
| Household income (2014$) | ||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 967,553 | 568,448 | 58.8% | 101,949 | 10.5% | 670,397 | 69.3% | 46.4% |
| $50,000–$74,999 | 657,109 | 205,585 | 31.3% | 65,548 | 10.0% | 271,133 | 41.3% | 18.8% |
| $75,000–$99,999 | 578,894 | 132,584 | 22.9% | 47,836 | 8.3% | 180,419 | 31.2% | 12.5% |
| $100,000–$149,999 | 838,739 | 131,817 | 15.7% | 48,171 | 5.7% | 179,988 | 21.5% | 12.5% |
| $150,000 or more | 1,104,884 | 106,470 | 9.6% | 34,874 | 3.2% | 141,345 | 12.8% | 9.8% |
| Work hours | ||||||||
| Part time (<20 hours/week) | 160,401 | 69,838 | 43.5% | 10,175 | 6.3% | 80,013 | 49.9% | 5.5% |
| Mid time (20–34 hours/week) | 496,057 | 274,794 | 55.4% | 49,181 | 9.9% | 323,975 | 65.3% | 22.4% |
| Full time (35+ hours/week) | 3,490,719 | 800,273 | 22.9% | 239,022 | 6.8% | 1,039,295 | 29.8% | 72.0% |
| Sector | ||||||||
| Federal government | 78,842 | – | 0.0% | – | 0.0% | – | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Private, for profit | 3,097,045 | 998,104 | 32.2% | 235,347 | 7.6% | 1,233,451 | 39.8% | 85.5% |
| Local government | 433,540 | 50,058 | 11.5% | 30,300 | 7.0% | 80,358 | 18.5% | 5.6% |
| Private, nonprofit | 432,129 | 84,961 | 19.7% | 27,016 | 6.3% | 111,977 | 25.9% | 7.8% |
| State government | 105,623 | 11,782 | 11.2% | 5,714 | 5.4% | 17,495 | 16.6% | 1.2% |
| Family income-to-poverty-line status | ||||||||
| At or below the poverty line | 273,401 | 194,200 | 71.0% | 10,367 | 3.8% | 204,567 | 74.8% | 14.2% |
| 101–150% poverty | 265,248 | 196,544 | 74.1% | 22,606 | 8.5% | 219,149 | 82.6% | 15.2% |
| 151–200% poverty | 256,091 | 158,727 | 62.0% | 34,512 | 13.5% | 193,239 | 75.5% | 13.4% |
| 201–300% poverty | 551,482 | 249,378 | 45.2% | 72,667 | 13.2% | 322,044 | 58.4% | 22.3% |
| 301% poverty or more | 2,788,632 | 340,946 | 12.2% | 157,871 | 5.7% | 498,817 | 17.9% | 34.6% |
| Missing poverty status | 12,324 | 5,110 | 41.5% | 355 | 2.9% | 5,465 | 44.3% | 0.4% |
| Total est. # of children | Child has directly affected parent | Child has indirectly affected parent | Total children with affected parents | % of all children | ||||
| Children with at least one affected parent | 2,040,352 | 566,742 | 135,548 | 702,290 | 34.4% | |||
Source: EPI analysis of American Community Survey microdata, 2014