Bouncing around from daycare to summer camps to relatives’ houses can easily add up. According to the Economic Policy Institute, the average annual cost of full-time child care in Florida ranges from $9,548 to $13,021, depending on the children’s ages.
Fort Myers News-Press
May 26, 2026
Tax cuts aren’t the only reason for this growing disparity. Income inequality has “skyrocketed” over the past three-and-a-half decades due to “intentional policy choices that suppressed wages for typical families to accelerate income growth at the top,” according to the Economic Policy Institute (6). By its calculations, middle-class household incomes “would be roughly $30,000 higher today if their incomes had simply kept pace with average income growth since 1979.”
MoneyWise
May 26, 2026
In a recent analysis of the detailed government data, economists at the Economic Policy Institute noted that the wage boost that workers with a bachelor’s degree receive relative to less-educated workers, while still substantial, has slipped, falling to about 55% last year versus about 63% in 2015. That could be because the number of workers with college degrees keeps rising. As of March, about 42% of U.S. employees had a bachelor’s degree or higher, versus about 36% a decade earlier.
Wall Street Journal
May 26, 2026
City of lost jobs: A new study from the Economic Policy Institute confirms what we already knew, convicted felon and President Donald Trump’s policies are disproportionately impacting employment in the D.C. area and hitting Black workers the hardest. EPI reports that the region has 115,000 fewer jobs than it did before Trump V2, losing more than 53,800 federal employees and others laid off from contractors working for government agencies and those working at nonprofits or research institutions receiving federal grants. Minus two points, one for racist policies and one for gutting jobs in your own backyard.
Washington City Paper
May 26, 2026
NPER’s study echoes an analysis released last month by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), which found that unemployment for US-born workers has increased since the start of Trump’s second term, as the federal government has carried out its draconian deportation operations.
“Claims that mass deportations have helped US-born workers are simply inconsistent with the data,” EPI wrote. “This is no surprise, given that economic research has repeatedly shown that increased immigration enforcement harms everyone in the labor market, including US-born workers.”
Common Dreams
May 26, 2026
He also argued that Medicare for All could create a surge in healthcare roles. A 2020 report from the Economic Policy Institute found that while a single-payer system could eliminate 1.8 million jobs in health insurance and billing administration, it would simultaneously generate demand for 2.3 million healthcare workers, a net gain in an industry so far resistant to AI displacement. He’s similarly optimistic about law, predicting a boom in legal jobs as companies scramble to navigate AI governance, safety, ethics, and bias.
Fortune
May 26, 2026
Right now, Dimon isn’t worried about consumer spending. However, he highlights a split between the top 50% and the bottom 30% of spenders, who are “struggling a little bit” thanks to stagnant wages. This claim is supported by 2025 data from the Economic Policy Institute, which shows real wages for low-income workers declined 0.3%. (4)
MoneyWise
May 26, 2026
According to a report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), employers are required to publicly disclose only a fraction of their spending on anti-union campaigns, meaning the true total could be significantly higher than current estimates. The EPI also found that companies routinely deploy mandatory anti-union meetings, targeted messaging campaigns and outside legal advisers as part of broader efforts to discourage workers from supporting union drives.
Supply Chain Brain
May 26, 2026
The Washington DC region has lost approximately 115,000 jobs since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, with African American workers being the hardest hit by the cuts, according to a study by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) released today by WTOP .
The report prepared by the nonpartisan organization based in Washington DC documented that the proportion of the population with employment fell 3.2 percentage points in the DMV, a figure eight times higher than the national average.
El Tiempo Latino
May 26, 2026
Childcare costs more than public college tuition in 38 states and the nation’s capital for one infant, according to a 2025 Economic Policy Institute report.
Washington Examiner
May 26, 2026