A minimum wage bump will see more than $12.4 million in additional pay for Rhode Island workers in 2019. That’s according to an analysis by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, which studied all the minimum wage boosts 20 states are seeing this year.
Patch
January 3, 2019
Meanwhile, there’s a fight brewing over the minimum wage at the national level as Democrats take control of the House of Representatives this week. Although the federal minimum wage remains at $7.25 an hour, 29 states and Washington, D.C., have adopted a higher rate, according to data from the Economic Policy Institute.
CNBC
January 3, 2019
The federal minimum wage rate has stayed at $7.25 since 2009. Most of these changes are thanks to legislation or recent voter-approved ballot measures. According to the Economic Policy Institute, about 4.5 million workers around the country will be affected by the increases.
Food Newsfeed
January 3, 2019
Minimum wage workers in New York will see their paychecks go up this year, along with those in 19 other states and two dozen cities and counties. That’s according to a new analysis by the liberal-leaning Economic Policy Institute, which tracks minimum wage changes across the country.
Patch
January 3, 2019
Roughly 87,200 Mainers — 15.2 percent of all workers in the state — will benefit directly as a result of the minimum wage increase, according to a state wage analysis conducted by the Economic Policy Institute. Those Mainers’ average wage increase adds up to about $1,040 in additional earnings per year, the analysis states.
The Republican Journal
January 3, 2019
ACROSS COLORADO – Minimum wage workers in Colorado will see their paychecks go up this year, along with those in 19 other states and two dozen cities and counties. That’s according to a new analysis by the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, which tracks minimum wage changes across the country.
Patch
January 3, 2019
In Missouri and neighboring Arkansas, voters in November overwhelmingly passed a minimum-wage increase, which directly affects about 1 million workers. Eighteen other states will also see their minimum wage rise on Jan. 1, as a result of previously approved legislation or inflation adjustments to their states’ minimum wages. Altogether, 5 million Americans will see higher pay on the first day of the New Year, according to the Economic Policy Institute, which has tracked minimum wage data since 2010.
CBS News
January 2, 2019
Over five million Americans will start receiving higher pay on the first day of the New Year, according to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). The EPI, which has tracked minimum wage data for the past eight years, analyzed data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s monthly Current Population Survey and projected that minimum wage increases will come as a result of changing policies across the U.S.
Consumer Affairs
January 1, 2019
Using data from the Economic Policy Institute’s Minimum Wage Tracker and an analysis of changes from information services company Wolters Kluwer, we took a look at where each state’s minimum wage will be in 2019. According to those reports, the minimum wage will increase in 21 states and Washington, DC in the next year.
Business Insider
January 1, 2019
The new state minimum wage laws could affect about 5.3 million workers who are currently earning less than the new standards, according to the liberal-leaning Economic Policy Institute, based in Washington, D.C. That equates to almost 8 percent of the workforce in those 20 states but doesn’t account for additional minimum wage increases in some cities.
Associated Press
January 1, 2019