Count and share of workers in New York state who would benefit from increasing the state minimum wage to $15 by 2021, by industry
| Directly affected | Indirectly affected | Total affected | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industry | Estimated workforce | Share of workforce | Directly affected | Share of category | Indirectly affected | Share of category | Total affected | Share of category | Share of the total affected population | |
| Total | 8,635,791 | 100.0% | 2,415,033 | 28.0% | 747,313 | 8.7% | 3,162,345 | 36.6% | 100.0% | |
| Total private (for profit and non-profit) | 7,225,358 | 83.7% | 2,262,565 | 31.3% | 659,728 | 9.1% | 2,922,292 | 40.4% | 92.4% | |
| 1 | All retail trade | 962,791 | 11.1% | 451,951 | 46.9% | 103,245 | 10.7% | 555,196 | 57.7% | 17.6% |
| 2 | Restaurants | 537,054 | 6.2% | 394,543 | 73.5% | 32,725 | 6.1% | 427,268 | 79.6% | 13.5% |
| 3 | Home-based and residential care, social assistance, and child care | 866,865 | 10.0% | 311,535 | 35.9% | 108,353 | 12.5% | 419,888 | 48.4% | 13.3% |
| 4 | Local government | 854,552 | 9.9% | 109,633 | 12.8% | 62,429 | 7.3% | 172,063 | 20.1% | 5.4% |
| 5 | Educational services | 450,370 | 5.2% | 100,934 | 22.4% | 36,587 | 8.1% | 137,521 | 30.5% | 4.3% |
| 6 | Finance, insurance, and real estate | 694,087 | 8.0% | 87,662 | 12.6% | 47,253 | 6.8% | 134,915 | 19.4% | 4.3% |
| 7 | Construction | 393,121 | 4.6% | 97,087 | 24.7% | 37,387 | 9.5% | 134,474 | 34.2% | 4.3% |
| 8 | Transportation, warehouses, and utilities | 316,086 | 3.7% | 91,091 | 28.8% | 35,267 | 11.2% | 126,358 | 40.0% | 4.0% |
| 9 | Personal services | 127,722 | 1.5% | 65,318 | 19.9% | 36,788 | 11.2% | 102,107 | 79.9% | 3.2% |
| 10 | Durable manufacturing | 328,884 | 3.8% | 94,424 | 73.9% | 6,637 | 5.2% | 101,061 | 30.7% | 3.2% |
| 11 | Professional, science, and management services | 603,172 | 7.0% | 61,513 | 10.2% | 34,602 | 5.7% | 96,116 | 15.9% | 3.0% |
| 12 | Administrative services and waste management | 179,776 | 2.1% | 53,587 | 12.6% | 34,870 | 8.2% | 88,457 | 49.2% | 2.8% |
| 13 | Hospitals | 425,325 | 4.9% | 65,521 | 36.4% | 22,856 | 12.7% | 88,378 | 20.8% | 2.8% |
| 14 | Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 162,759 | 1.9% | 59,136 | 36.3% | 13,890 | 8.5% | 73,026 | 44.9% | 2.3% |
| 15 | State government | 402,426 | 4.7% | 42,835 | 10.6% | 25,156 | 6.3% | 67,990 | 16.9% | 2.2% |
| 16 | Wholesale trade | 198,816 | 2.3% | 44,075 | 22.2% | 20,737 | 10.4% | 64,812 | 32.6% | 2.0% |
| 17 | Nondurable manufacturing | 175,348 | 2.0% | 44,958 | 25.6% | 16,546 | 9.4% | 61,504 | 35.1% | 1.9% |
| 18 | Other services | 119,227 | 1.4% | 45,684 | 38.3% | 11,422 | 9.6% | 57,106 | 47.9% | 1.8% |
| 19 | Information | 261,935 | 3.0% | 34,548 | 13.2% | 18,215 | 7.0% | 52,763 | 20.1% | 1.7% |
| 20 | Accommodation | 90,493 | 1.0% | 39,704 | 43.9% | 7,867 | 8.7% | 47,572 | 52.6% | 1.5% |
| 21 | Building services | 76,335 | 0.9% | 34,255 | 44.9% | 7,506 | 9.8% | 41,760 | 54.7% | 1.3% |
| 22 | Food manufacturing | 56,340 | 0.7% | 22,010 | 39.1% | 6,057 | 10.7% | 28,067 | 49.8% | 0.9% |
| 23 | Religious organizations | 52,230 | 0.6% | 18,421 | 35.3% | 4,790 | 9.2% | 23,210 | 44.4% | 0.7% |
| 24 | Civic, social, and advocacy organizations | 69,799 | 0.8% | 14,920 | 21.4% | 7,515 | 10.8% | 22,435 | 32.1% | 0.7% |
| 25 | Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting | 33,943 | 0.4% | 17,156 | 50.5% | 3,300 | 9.7% | 20,456 | 60.3% | 0.6% |
| 26 | Employment services | 42,879 | 0.5% | 12,532 | 29.2% | 5,312 | 12.4% | 17,844 | 41.6% | 0.6% |
| Top 10 by count affected | 5,531,532 | 64.1% | 1,804,178 | 32.6% | 506,672 | 9.2% | 2,310,850 | 41.8% | 74.1% | |
Note: All industry categories are mutually exclusive.
Source: EPI analysis of American Community Survey microdata, 2014