Top 10 New York industries with the largest numbers of workers who would benefit from increasing the state minimum wage to $15 by 2021
| Directly affected | Indirectly affected | Total affected | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated workforce | Share of state workforce | Directly affected | Share of industry | Indirectly affected | Share of industry | Total affected | Share of industry affected (directly or indirectly) | Share of the total affected population | |
| Total (all industries) | 8,635,791 | 100.0% | 2,415,033 | 28.0% | 747,313 | 8.7% | 3,162,345 | 36.6% | 100.0% |
| Total private industries (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. 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. Durable manufacturing | 328,884 | 3.8% | 65,318 | 19.9% | 36,788 | 11.2% | 102,107 | 31.0% | 3.2% |
| 10. Personal services | 127,722 | 1.5% | 94,424 | 73.9% | 6,637 | 5.2% | 101,061 | 79.1% | 3.2% |
| Total, top 10 industries with greatest number of affected workers | 5,531,532 | 64.1% | 2,310,850 | 41.8% | 73.1% | ||||
Source: EPI analysis of American Community Survey microdata, 2014