The Trump administration’s move has been highly controversial, with Democrats arguing the proposed change would allow business owners to keep the tips for themselves. The liberal Economic Policy Institute said $5.8 billion in tips could be taken under the administration’s proposal.
The Washington Examiner
March 23, 2018
The version of the rule that lets businesses take employees’ tips would cost workers $5.8 billion each year, according to research by the Economic Policy Institute.
50 States Blue
March 23, 2018
Indeed, the OIRA’s estimate of $640 million in lost wages may be low. The Economic Policy Institute suggests the total amount diverted from tipped workers could be as high as $5.8 billion, with 80 percent of the money coming from women.
Shareblue Media
March 23, 2018
• Want to know the average cost of living where you live? Check out EPI’s calculator: You only need to plug the name of your county along with the size of your family into the Family Budget Calculator at the Economic Policy Institute to get results.
Daily Kos
March 23, 2018
Here Are the 10 Most Affordable of America’s Fastest-Growing Cities
To find your new budget boomtown, we included the median rent for a two-bedroom apartment and median home prices courtesy of Zillow, as well as median annual income adjusted for the cost of goods and services, courtesy of the U.S. Bureau of Economic Research. We even added the annual cost of living for a couple using the Economic Policy Institute’s Family Budget Calculator and household income from the U.S. Census Bureau.
The Penny Hoarder
March 23, 2018
Everyone knows the New York City area is an expensive place, but new data shows just how much: Seven of the top 10 highest cost-of-living counties are in downstate. Only three counties in and around San Francisco are more expensive, according to a report this month by the Economic Policy Institute. Nassau, Manhattan and Suffolk counties ranked fourth through sixth, followed by Putnam, Rockland and Queens. Westchester ranked 10. (whole story)
The Journal News
March 23, 2018
A new report from the Economic Policy Institute puts the cost of living for a family of four in Livingston County at $7,600 per month, or more than $91,000 a year. The report, which takes into account costs like housing, food and childcare, shows the cost of living in each of the country’s 3,171 counties and 611 metro areas and is intended to show the income a family needs in order to attain a “modest yet adequate standard of living.” (whole story)
Livingston News
March 23, 2018
$115,583.That’s how much a two-parent, two-child family needs to bring in annually to live modestly in urban Honolulu, according to new county-by-county calculations from the Economic Policy Institute. The cost of living calculation allows $1,893 a month for rent, $1,074 for food, and $1,548 for child care. It also sets aside $1,197 a month for “other necessities.” (whole story)
Hawaii News Now
March 23, 2018
But that creates opportunity for Kern and Bakersfield to attract new residents seeking a more affordable life. It’s time for Bakersfield and Kern County to step up promoting its advantages. The Economic Policy Institute’s latest Family Budget Calculator (https://www.epi.org/resources/budget/) shows that a family of two adults and two children in L.A. County need to earn $7,691 a month, or $92,295 a year, to meet all of its living expenses — $1,663 a month for housing, $830 for food, $1,223 for child care, $1,159 for transportation, $795 for health care, $1,006 for other necessities and $1,016 for taxes. By comparison, the calculator estimates the same family needs only $6,100 a month, or $73,204 a year in Bakersfield — $904 a month for housing, $736 for food, $971 for child care, $1,274 for transportation, $926 for health care, $662 for other necessities and $627 for taxes.
The Bakersfield Californian
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.
In Travis County, the group estimates a typical family of two adults and two children would need annual income of $80,766 or a monthly intake of $6,731 to live comfortably. Here’s the breakdown in terms of monthly costs in the county, according to EPI researchers: (whole story)
Downtown Austin Patch
March 23, 2018