A new report is showing the pay gap teachers face in Minnesota compared to other professions.
The Economic Policy Institute and Center for Economic and Policy Research analyzed the teacher pay penalty, which is the gap between the weekly wages of teachers and other college graduates. According to the report, it reached a record high in 2024 at 26.9%.
It shows Minnesota has the fourth-highest gap of any state, with teachers making about 33% less than college graduates working in other professions.
KTSP (Minnesota)
October 6, 2025
Under the current administration, the power of the EEOC, an organization designed to enforce employee protections, could be severely weakened, indicated the Economic Policy Institute. Following Trump’s executive order indicating that federal agencies would deprioritize disparate impact cases, some have pointed out how this decision will limit the EEOC’s ability to address workplace discrimination.
Forbes
October 6, 2025
The Economic Policy Institute’s Elise Gould, who researches wages and economic inequality, said she knows of no precedent for a job where the absolute pay hasn’t risen in 30 years. “It’s a little hard to believe,” she said.
The 74 Million
October 6, 2025
Daniel Costa, director of immigration law and policy research at the Economic Policy Institute, a left-of-center think tank, told PolitiFact that the H-1B visa fee must be paid by the employer, not the employee.
“The H-1B employees are generally not allowed to pay for the primary fees for visas and processing, they are the responsibility of the employer,” Costa said via email Sept. 24.
Politifact
October 6, 2025
In fact, if there was a silver lining to the educational and societal nightmare that was the COVID era, one economist from the Economic Policy Institute reasoned at the time, maybe it would be an “opportunity to bridge the gap between the strong appreciation, in theory, and the challenging working conditions for teachers, in practice.”
Philadelphia Magazine
October 6, 2025
Using the Economic Policy Institute family budget calculator, you’ll discover that the average cost of living for a retired couple in New York City (NYC) is $92,899 per year, which means savings at that level will last even less, going only two to three years without other income.
Money Digest
October 6, 2025
DC is home to almost 50,000 federal workers, which is over 13% of the city’s workforce, according to the most recently available data from the Economic Policy Institute from March. Most federal employees will not be paid until after the government shutdown ends.
CNN.com
October 6, 2025
An Economic Policy Institute survey found that teachers spend an average of $459 out-of-pocket on classroom supplies.
Slate
October 6, 2025
Hiring has also slowed amid economic uncertainty, as people have expressed their frustrations on social media over a grueling job hunt. And as Gen Z faces greater hurdles to employment—the job market for “prime-age” laborers may be on a downward slope, the Economic Policy Institute noted—young people are being forced to reconsider their relationship to work altogether.
WIRED
October 6, 2025
In 38 states and the District of Columbia, according to the Economic Policy Institute, child care for one infant costs more than public-college tuition.
The Atlantic
October 6, 2025