According to an analysis from the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, 8.4 million workers will start getting a higher paycheck come January 1. That’s due to a combination of inflation adjustments, legislation, and ballot measures. Taken together, the increases will boost pay for those 8.4 million workers by over $5 billion — and women and workers of color, who are all more likely to be low-wage workers, will be disproportionately impacted.
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January 6, 2023
About 188,000 Ohioans will see direct wage gains while about 275,000 other workers across the state are likely to see bigger paychecks as employers adjust their pay scales, says Policy Matters Ohio, citing estimates from the Economic Policy Institute.
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January 6, 2023
NPR’s Daniel Estrin asks Daniel Costa, Director of Immigration Law and Policy Research for the Economic Policy Institute, about the connection between immigration and inflation.
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January 6, 2023
At least 8 million workers in almost two dozen states are getting raises of $0.23 to $1.50 an hour beginning this week, according to the Economic Policy Institute. More than two dozen other cities and counties are increasing their minimum wages. Many states have automatic inflation-linked adjustments. California, Washington State and Massachusetts are at, or above the $15 an hour level, as are Washington D.C. and the New York metropolitan area.
New York Times
January 6, 2023
Meanwhile, 23 states and Washington, D.C., according to the Economic Policy Institute, will implement higher minimum wages on Jan. 1. Those increases, which will range from 23 cents to $1.50 per hour, will affect 8 million workers.
CNBC
January 6, 2023
At least 8 million workers in almost two dozen states are getting raises of $0.23 to $1.50 an hour beginning this week, according to the Economic Policy Institute. More than two dozen other cities and counties are increasing their minimum wages. Many states have automatic inflation-linked adjustments. California, Washington State and Massachusetts are at, or above the $15 an hour level, as are Washington D.C. and the New York metropolitan area.
New York Times
January 6, 2023
At least 8 million workers in almost two dozen states are getting raises of $0.23 to $1.50 an hour beginning this week, according to the Economic Policy Institute. More than two dozen other cities and counties are increasing their minimum wages. Many states have automatic inflation-linked adjustments. California, Washington State and Massachusetts are at, or above the $15 an hour level, as are Washington D.C. and the New York metropolitan area.
New York Times
January 6, 2023
Nearly two dozen states rang in the new year with hourly minimum wage increases, boosting paychecks for millions of U.S. workers.
The pay raises are now in effect for 8.4 million workers across 23 states, set in motion by previously passed legislation, ballot measure or as annual cost of living adjustments, according to a data analysis by the nonprofit think tank Economic Policy Institute. Twenty-seven cities and counties also bumped up their minimum wages on Jan. 1, and four more states are hiking minimum wages later this year, adding to the number of Americans expected to see higher earnings.
Money Magazine
January 3, 2023
By January 1, hourly minimum wages in 23 states will rise as part of previously scheduled efforts to reach $15 an hour or to account for cost-of-living changes. The increases account for more than $5 billion in pay boosts for an estimated 8.4 million workers, the Economic Policy Institute estimates.
Additionally, nearly 30 cities and counties across the US will increase their minimum wage, according to the EPI, a left-leaning think tank.
“The fact that there’s high inflation really just underscores how necessary these minimum wage increases are for workers,” said Sebastian Martinez Hickey, a research assistant at the EPI. “Even before the pandemic, there was no county in the United States where you could affordably live as a single adult at $15 an hour.”
CNN Business
January 3, 2023