Share of family income group (relative to poverty line) that would benefit from increasing the New York state minimum wage to $15 by 2021

Family income-to-poverty status Share of category affected (directly or indirectly)
At or below the poverty line 75.4%
101-200% poverty 78.2%
201-300% poverty 58.7%
301% poverty or more 21.4%

Source: EPI analysis of American Community Survey microdata, 2014

View the underlying data on epi.org.