Black and Hispanic workers would disproportionately benefit from a $15 minimum wage in 2025: Share of workers in each race/ethnicity category who would get a direct or indirect pay raise under the Raise the Wage Act of 2021
| Race/Ethnicity | All | Women |
|---|---|---|
| White | 18.4% | 23.6% |
| Black | 31.3% | 34.0% |
| Hispanic | 26.0% | 30.7% |
Note: Directly affected workers will see their wages rise to the new minimum wage; indirectly affected workers have wages just above the new minimum and (up to 115% of the new minimum) and will receive a raise as employer pay scales are adjusted upward.
Source: Economic Policy Institute Wage Simulation Model; see Technical Methodology by Cooper, Mokhiber, and Zipperer (2019).