The Economic Policy Institute, a labor-oriented think tank, compares the pay of CEOs to typical workers. The institute estimated that in the United States, the typical CEO makes 312 times more than the average worker. Based on our analysis, the ratio at McDonald’s is about 1,786 to one.
Politifact
February 13, 2019
Oxfam America’s report is based on an Economic Policy Institute Simulation Model using data from the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Congressional Budget Office.
The Nevada Current
February 13, 2019
Now, consumer advocates worry that the same economic upheaval will be seen on a national scale if the T-Mobile and Sprint merger is approved. A December report from two left-leaning think tanks—the Economic Policy Institute and the Roosevelt Institute—found that the merger would suppress wages by up to $3,276 a year for all telecommunications workers in markets where T-Mobile and Sprint are most active. According to CWA estimates, the merger would kill up to 30,000 retail and headquarter jobs at T-Mobile and Sprint.
Mother Jones
February 13, 2019
Numerous empirical studies show that individual plaintiffs fare much worse before an arbitrator than they would before a real judge. A study by the Economic Policy Institute, for example, found that employees are far less likely to prevail before an arbitrator, and that they typically receive less money when they do prevail.
American Prospect
February 13, 2019
A 2017 Economic Policy Institute study found that workers lose an estimate $8 billion a year to their employers through wage theft, a crime that’s rarely prosecuted.
GQ Magazine
February 13, 2019
The wealthiest 1 percent of New Yorkers control about 31 percent of the state’s income, according to data from the Economic Policy Institute, a Washington-based think tank. They also account for half of the state’s income taxes, according to Mr. Cuomo.
The New York Times
February 13, 2019
Teacher strikes have brought much-needed attention to public education. Chronic under-funding has resulted in constant teacher shortages, outdated books, a lack of nurses and other staff, and lagging teacher pay in many school districts across the country. In this post I focus on trends in teacher pay. My partner Larry Mishel (Distinguished Fellow, Economic Policy Institute) and I have been writing about relative teacher pay for over fifteen years.
Berkeley Blog
February 12, 2019
While the district and DCTA argue over the amount of the raise, they both agree that teachers need one. Teacher pay continues to lag behind the pay of other college-educated workers, according to a 2016 report published by the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank. The report found: “In 2015, public school teachers’ weekly wages were 17.0 percent lower than those of comparable workers — compared with just 1.8 percent lower in 1994.” Expect to see more strikes, particularly in cities like Denver, where a tech boom has increased the cost of living for all workers.
The Hechinger Report
February 12, 2019
The Economic Policy Institute compared college graduates’ wages within each state and showed teachers incur what they call a “teacher pay penalty.” Their analysis shows teachers in Alabama are paid 72 percent of what college graduates in other professions earn.
Andalusia Star-News
February 12, 2019
Other researchers have also drawn parallels between the present and the past. The Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning Washington D.C. think tank, estimates that America’s top-earning 1% took in 22% of all national income. The organization said in 1928, 23.9% of the country’s income went to the top 1%.
MarketWatch
February 12, 2019