Union County is one of the priciest places to live in New Jersey, according to the Economic Policy Institute. The organization recently released its 2018 family budget calculator that estimates how costly it is to live in each of America’s 3,142 counties and 611 metro areas.
The group estimates a family of two adults and two children in Union County would need to earn a combined $92,937 per year — or $7,745 a month — to live comfortably. (whole story)
Summit Patch
March 23, 2018
The Economic Policy Institute recently released its 2018 family budget calculator that estimates how costly it is to live in each of America’s 3,142 counties and 611 metro areas. The group estimates a family of two adults and two children in Camden County would need to earn a combined $87,509 — or $7,292 a month — to live comfortably. (whole story)
Gloucester Township Patch
March 23, 2018
Bergen County is one of the most expensive places in live in New Jersey, information from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) shows.
The EPI recently released its 2018 family budget calculator that estimates how costly it is to live in each of the United States’ 3,142 counties and 611 metro areas.
The EPI estimates that a family of two adults and two children in Bergen County would need to earn $8,754 a month — or $105,042 annually — to live comfortably. (whole story)
Wyckoff Patch
March 23, 2018
Delaware County is one of the priciest places to live in the Philadelphia area, according to the Economic Policy Institute. The organization recently released its 2018 family budget calculator that estimates how costly it is to live in each of America’s 3,142 counties and 611 metro areas.
The group estimates a family of two adults and two children in Delaware County would need to earn a combined $93,136 per year — or $7,761 a month — to live comfortably. (whole story)
Randor Patch
March 23, 2018
New Jersey is one of the most expensive states in America, according to the Economic Policy Institute. But you may be able to find a place to live in New Jersey that won’t break your budget.
The organization recently released its 2018 family budget calculator that estimates how costly it is to live in each of America’s 3,142 counties and 611 metro areas. We have rankings of New Jersey places, county-by-county, based on affordability (see below). (whole story)
Toms River Patch
March 23, 2018
Worcester County is one of the cheaper places to live in Massachusetts according to the Economic Policy Institute. The organization recently released its 2018 family budget calculator that estimates how costly it is to live in each of America’s 3,142 counties and 611 metro areas.
The group estimates a family of two adults and two children in Worcester County would need to earn a combined $96,720 per year — or $8,060 a month — to “attain a modest yet adequate standard of living,” the organization said. (whole story)
Milford Patch
March 23, 2018
Myriad studies have demonstrated the extent of the wage theft, like a recent report by the Economic Policy Institute which found that 2.4 million workers lose $8 billion annually in the ten most populous states because of minimum wage violations alone, without accounting for overtime or other laws. This doesn’t happen because of honest employers who make a calculation error or can’t make payroll for one pay period.
The Hill
March 23, 2018
Deeply disturbing is the reality that, in 2018, Black people still suffer the brunt of systemic racism and inequality. Comparing the Kerner Commission report to today’s reality, it is shocking how far we haven’t come. In a must-read follow-up briefing by the Economic Policy Institute, titled “50 years after the Kerner Commission,” researchers Valerie Wilson, Janelle Jones (who appeared on WURD to discuss it), and John Schmitt observed that: (lists key findings)
WHYY
March 23, 2018
Companies and advocates are watching the case closely, particularly given the new significance amid the #MeToo movement, where women are coming together to speak out against sexual harassment in the workplace. More than half of private-sector employers have mandatory arbitration procedures, and 30 percent of these include class action waivers, the Economic Policy Institute reported in a study last year.
The National Law Journal
March 23, 2018
The Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, estimates that the rule would likely transfer about $5.8 billion in tips each year from workers to their bosses — about 16.1 percent of all their tips. Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta reportedly tried to hide an internal analysis showing that the rule could take $640 million from workers (an initial analysis showed it would actually take billions of dollars), according to a Bloomberg investigation. Now the agency’s inspector general is investigating the allegations.
VOX
March 22, 2018