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
The Economic Policy Institute says there are over 107-thousand in the state who will get a raise, which is just over four-percent of Missouri’s workforce.
My MO Info
January 1, 2019
Already, several progressive groups are working to block the Trump administration’s implementation of the new tip rule. The Washington, D.C.-based Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning economic think tank that supported a number of successful minimum wage initiatives across the U.S., released a recent report saying the “Trump tip rule” would hurt mostly women that work as waitresses. The report said if the Labor Department proposal is approved, workers would lose $5.8 billion a year in tips, with $4.6 billion “coming from the pockets of women.”
Talk Business
January 1, 2019
The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) estimates (link is external)that on January 1, 2019, 5.3 million low wage workers in 20 states will enjoy a raise in their minimum wage. The increases, which range from a $0.05 inflation adjustment in Alaska to a $2.00 per hour increase in New York City, will give low wage workers approximately $5.4 billion in increased wages over the course of 2019. These changes mean between $90 and $1,300 on average for year-round workers. These estimates do not account for changes in local minimum wages which for some municipalities mean substantial wage increases.
Workday Minnesota
December 31, 2018
In Missouri, more than 107,000 workers stand to be directly affected by the new law, according to the Economic Policy Institute. That’s 4.1 percent of the state workforce.
Springfield News-Leader
December 31, 2018
Un total de 20 estados, así como 24 ciudades y condados del país, elevaron este 1 de enero el salario mínimo a unos 5.3 millones de trabajadores. Quienes estén en nómina a lo largo del año verán un incremento salarial promedio de hasta 1,300 dólares, significando a las empresas un pago adicional de $5,400 millones al finalizar el 2019, de acuerdo con el Economic Policy Institute (EPI).
Univision
December 30, 2018
The wage hikes range from an extra nickel per hour in Alaska to $1-an-hour in Maine, Massachusetts and California for companies with more than 25 employees. The increases will raise pay for 5.3 million workers across the country, according to the nonprofit Economic Policy Institute, giving those workers an estimated $5.4 billion in increased wages over the course of 2019.
NPR
December 30, 2018
The Economic Policy Institute estimates about 677,000 Missouri workers will get a raise, but the Show-Me Institute predicts the state could lose 11,000 jobs as a result of the increase.
KAIT
December 29, 2018
In the next few years, these wages will continue to inch up across the country. Some 40 million workers would benefit from a $15 minimum wage, the Economic Policy Institute found.
CNBC
December 28, 2018