In Nebraska, infant care costs more than the average rent, a report by the Economic Policy Institute says.
Child care is one of the biggest expenses families face – it’s also more costly than in-state tuition for a public college in 38 states, including Nebraska, according to the report, which uses state-level data from the Department of Labor and Child Care Aware of America to examine the cost of child care across the country.
“Child care is unaffordable for working families everywhere in the country, and it’s even more unattainable for minimum wage workers and the very workers that administer child care,” Katherine deCourcy, a research assistant for the Economic Policy Institute, said in a news release.
Des Moines Register
March 25, 2025
The lowest-paid workers in the economy saw the fastest wage growth by far over the last five years according to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute.
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Gould said when things reopened and employers started hiring again, “Workers had a moment to pause. We had, one time in history, better unemployment insurance programs and they could be a little bit choosier.” That meant employers had to pay more.
Marketplace
March 25, 2025
Professor Katz argued that slower growth in wages for upper-middle-class workers could simply reflect a discount that these workers effectively accepted in return for being able to work from home. Data from the liberal Economic Policy Institute shows that wages for workers in the 70th and 80th percentiles of the income distribution have grown more slowly than those of any other group since 2019.
New York Times
March 25, 2025
According to the Economic Policy Institute, Indiana ranks 18th in the nation for the most expensive infant care at $12,612 per year or $1,051 per month. Child care for a 4-year-old costs $9,557 per year or $796 per month.
The Journal Gazette
March 24, 2025
The Tarvers paid $630 a month to put their son in the infant room before they received assistance — about 70% of the average cost of child care in Texas, which is $892 a month, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
The Texas Tribune
March 24, 2025
Sanders: “CEOs now make 300 times more than their average worker.”
We rated a similar 2023 Sanders statement Mostly True.
The Economic Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C., liberal think tank, found that a 2023 measurement of CEO wages versus average workers’ wages showed a 290-to-1 ratio. That was smaller than previous years’ estimates of 344-to-1 in 2022 and 399-to-1 in 2021. (Sanders has updated his talking point.)
Politifact
March 24, 2025
According to the Economic Policy Institute, the first minimum wage was part of the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act.
Maine Central Radio
March 24, 2025
Monique Morrissey, a senior economist with the Economic Policy Institute, recently joined WWL News Radio to discuss how the department could affect Social Security.
WWL News Radio (New Orleans)
March 24, 2025
Graphic uses EPI’s child care cost data.
The Guardian
March 24, 2025
Jeff Faux was the founding president of the Economic Policy Institute. His books include The Servant Economy.
The Nation
March 24, 2025