Workers* affected by minimum wage increase to $10.10 by July 2017 in Jefferson County, AL
| Category | Estimated workforce | Category’s share of workforce | Directly affected workers** | Share of category directly affected | Category’s share of directly affected |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 340,000 | 100.0% | 65,000 | 19.1% | |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||
| White | 211,000 | 62.1% | 30,000 | 14.2% | 46.2% |
| Black | 107,000 | 31.5% | 28,000 | 26.2% | 43.1% |
| Other | 22,000 | 6.5% | 6,000 | 27.3% | 9.2% |
| Sex | |||||
| Women | 170,000 | 50.0% | 35,000 | 20.6% | 53.8% |
| Men | 171,000 | 50.3% | 29,000 | 17.0% | 44.6% |
Notes: Assumed annual working age population growth: 1.09% (2012-2022 annualized labor force growth rate projections for Workforce Development Region 4 from Alabama Department of Labor: http://www2.labor.alabama.gov/Projections/Default.aspx). Assumed annual nominal wage growth of 1.44% from 2014 to 2017 (AL average annual wage growth of bottom 20% of wage earners from 2013-2015, according to CPS ORG).
*Total estimated workers is estimated from the ACS respondents who were 16 years old or older, employed, but not self-employed, and for whom a valid hourly wage can be imputed from annual wage earning, usual hours worked per week, and weeks worked in the previous year. All government workers are excluded except those that work for "local government", who are presumed to work for the City of Birmingham and therefore subject to the minimum wage proposal.
**Directly Affected workers will see their wages rise as the new minimum wage rate will exceed their current hourly pay.
Source: EPI analysis of American Community Survey microdata, 2014
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