States enacting meaningful minimum wage increases have raised pay for their low-wage workers overall: Change in the 10th percentile real wage between 2010 and 2018 in states with and without real minimum wage changes, overall and by gender
| States without real increase | States with real increase | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | 5.7% | 9.9% |
| Men | 6.0% | 8.6% |
| Women | 2.8% | 10.7% |
Note: The real minimum wage increased between 2010 and 2018 in Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, and West Virginia.
Source: Adapted from Figure C in David Cooper, Elise Gould, and Ben Zipperer, Low-Wage Workers Are Suffering from a Decline in the Real Value of the Federal Minimum Wage, Economic Policy Institute, August 2019.
Source: Adapted from Figure C in David Cooper, Elise Gould, and Ben Zipperer, Low-Wage Workers Are Suffering from a Decline in the Real Value of the Federal Minimum Wage, Economic Policy Institute, August 2019. Data are from the authors’ analysis of Current Population Survey basic monthly microdata from the U.S. Census Bureau.