Characteristics of New York workers outside New York City who would benefit from increasing the state minimum wage to $15 by July 2021
| 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 | 4,488,613 | 1,270,128 | 28.3% | 448,935 | 10.0% | 1,719,064 | 38.3% | 100.0% |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Female | 2,249,653 | 702,291 | 31.2% | 237,139 | 10.5% | 939,430 | 41.8% | 54.6% |
| Male | 2,238,960 | 567,838 | 25.4% | 211,796 | 9.5% | 779,634 | 34.8% | 45.4% |
| Age | ||||||||
| 20 or older | 4,307,684 | 1,153,319 | 26.8% | 439,085 | 10.2% | 1,592,404 | 37.0% | 92.6% |
| Under 20 | 180,929 | 116,809 | 64.6% | 9,850 | 5.4% | 126,659 | 70.0% | 7.4% |
| Less than 25 | 665,966 | 415,380 | 62.4% | 67,907 | 10.2% | 483,286 | 72.6% | 28.1% |
| 25 to 39 | 1,328,052 | 386,598 | 29.1% | 156,065 | 11.8% | 542,663 | 40.9% | 31.6% |
| 40 to 54 | 1,495,532 | 273,719 | 18.3% | 129,347 | 8.6% | 403,066 | 27.0% | 23.4% |
| 55 or older | 999,062 | 194,431 | 19.5% | 95,617 | 9.6% | 290,049 | 29.0% | 16.9% |
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 3,400,910 | 873,529 | 25.7% | 333,168 | 9.8% | 1,206,697 | 35.5% | 70.2% |
| Black or African American | 372,133 | 127,109 | 34.2% | 42,346 | 11.4% | 169,455 | 45.5% | 9.9% |
| Hispanic of any race | 470,059 | 196,751 | 41.9% | 50,087 | 10.7% | 246,838 | 52.5% | 14.4% |
| Asian | 167,792 | 46,786 | 27.9% | 14,058 | 8.4% | 60,844 | 36.3% | 3.5% |
| Other race or ethnicity | 77,719 | 25,952 | 33.4% | 9,278 | 11.9% | 35,230 | 45.3% | 2.0% |
| Education | ||||||||
| Less than high school | 331,925 | 174,133 | 52.5% | 38,366 | 11.6% | 212,499 | 64.0% | 12.4% |
| High school | 1,135,962 | 413,769 | 36.4% | 143,512 | 12.6% | 557,281 | 49.1% | 32.4% |
| Some college | 950,624 | 339,951 | 35.8% | 106,200 | 11.2% | 446,151 | 46.9% | 26.0% |
| Associate degree | 545,445 | 133,207 | 24.4% | 61,488 | 11.3% | 194,695 | 35.7% | 11.3% |
| Bachelor’s or higher | 1,524,656 | 209,067 | 13.7% | 99,370 | 6.5% | 308,438 | 20.2% | 17.9% |
| Family status | ||||||||
| Married parent | 1,392,546 | 238,365 | 17.1% | 115,336 | 8.3% | 353,701 | 25.4% | 20.6% |
| Single parent | 394,558 | 129,976 | 32.9% | 46,791 | 11.9% | 176,767 | 44.8% | 10.3% |
| Married, no children | 858,951 | 158,591 | 18.5% | 81,480 | 9.5% | 240,071 | 27.9% | 14.0% |
| Single, no children | 1,842,558 | 743,195 | 40.3% | 205,328 | 11.1% | 948,524 | 51.5% | 55.2% |
| Household income (2014$) | ||||||||
| Less than $50,000 | 992,992 | 530,783 | 53.5% | 145,502 | 14.7% | 676,285 | 68.1% | 39.3% |
| $50,000–$74,999 | 821,447 | 242,264 | 29.5% | 115,721 | 14.1% | 357,986 | 43.6% | 20.8% |
| $75,000–$99,999 | 726,010 | 157,420 | 21.7% | 69,853 | 9.6% | 227,273 | 31.3% | 13.2% |
| $100,000–$149,999 | 1,025,192 | 178,029 | 17.4% | 70,073 | 6.8% | 248,103 | 24.2% | 14.4% |
| $150,000 or more | 922,972 | 161,632 | 17.5% | 47,786 | 5.2% | 209,418 | 22.7% | 12.2% |
| Work hours | ||||||||
| Part time (<20 hours/week) | 332,755 | 157,418 | 47.3% | 28,222 | 8.5% | 185,640 | 55.8% | 10.8% |
| Mid time (20–34 hours/week) | 716,282 | 383,125 | 53.5% | 73,130 | 10.2% | 456,255 | 63.7% | 26.5% |
| Full time (35+ hours/week) | 3,439,575 | 729,586 | 21.2% | 347,583 | 10.1% | 1,077,169 | 31.3% | 62.7% |
| Sector | ||||||||
| Federal government | 74,613 | – | 0.0% | – | 0.0% | – | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Private, for profit | 3,162,677 | 1,048,311 | 33.1% | 337,993 | 10.7% | 1,386,303 | 43.8% | 80.6% |
| Local government | 421,011 | 59,575 | 14.2% | 32,129 | 7.6% | 91,704 | 21.8% | 5.3% |
| Private, nonprofit | 533,508 | 131,189 | 24.6% | 59,372 | 11.1% | 190,561 | 35.7% | 11.1% |
| State government | 296,803 | 31,053 | 10.5% | 19,442 | 6.6% | 50,495 | 17.0% | 2.9% |
| Family income-to-poverty-line status | ||||||||
| At or below the poverty line | 220,806 | 154,604 | 70.0% | 13,566 | 6.1% | 168,170 | 76.2% | 9.8% |
| 101–150% poverty | 221,941 | 153,643 | 69.2% | 26,333 | 11.9% | 179,977 | 81.1% | 10.5% |
| 151–200% poverty | 279,007 | 166,357 | 59.6% | 40,836 | 14.6% | 207,193 | 74.3% | 12.1% |
| 201–300% poverty | 648,845 | 267,557 | 41.2% | 114,945 | 17.7% | 382,502 | 59.0% | 22.3% |
| 301% poverty or more | 3,068,056 | 503,726 | 16.4% | 250,247 | 8.2% | 753,973 | 24.6% | 43.9% |
| Missing poverty status | 49,957 | 24,242 | 48.5% | 3,008 | 6.0% | 27,250 | 54.5% | 1.6% |
| 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 | 1,840,623 | 448,403 | 182,364 | 630,766 | 34.3% | |||
Source: EPI analysis of American Community Survey microdata, 2014