“These preliminary estimates are consistent with other signs of slowing job growth in late 2024 and the beginning of 2025,” wrote economists Elise Gould and Ben Zipperer of the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a left-leaning nonprofit think tank.
“The bulk of these revisions reflect 2024 data—in fact, despite the predictable angst they will generate from the White House, today’s revisions tell us very little about the state of Trump’s economy since he wasn’t president in 2024.”
The Hill
September 15, 2025
The lack of immigrant labor not only prevents national workers from entering the sector, but also negatively impacts these workers. Ben Zipperer, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), a progressive think tank, explains in a recent report on employment in construction and childcare that deportations also affect national workers in several ways.
El Pais
September 15, 2025
…carnivals, said Nina Mast, a state economic analyst at the Economic Policy Institute. She said Massachusetts, Maryland and New Jersey…[paywall].
Des Moines Register
September 15, 2025
Cuts to diversity, equity and inclusiveness programs have also affected the number of Black women in the broader workforce, said Valerie Rawlston Wilson, a labor economist and director of the Economic Policy Institute on Race, Ethnicity and the Economy, noting that they are likelier to work in the DEI space within and outside the federal workforce.
Following the Trump administration’s announcement this year that it would overhaul the federal workforce, about 70,000 workers have left or have been separated from federal jobs.
“We know that Black women are about 12% of the federal workforce, which I believe is about double their share of the workforce overall, so losses in that sector you’d expect to have a larger impact on Black women,” Wilson said.
NBC News
September 15, 2025
According to the Economic Policy Institute, Black women are more likely than other demographics to work for the government. Black women represent 9.7% of employed Americans, but 13.2% of federal, 15.5% of state, and 12.8% of local government employees.
Forbes
September 15, 2025
Features interview with Valerie Wilson.
NBC News
September 15, 2025
Walkinshaw’s district, a suburb of Washington, D.C., is home to a large number of federal workers and contractors, with a data analysis from the Economic Policy Institute released in March indicating that federal employees make up more than 8 percent of total employment in the district.
The Washington Post
September 12, 2025
Economists are raising concerns about the No Tax on Tips proposal. A report from the Economic Policy Institute argues the proposal would incentivize employers across industries to prompt for tips and reclassify workers to avoid paying minimum wage.
The Georgetowner
September 12, 2025
“The bulk of these revisions reflect 2024 data — in fact, despite the predictable angst they will generate from the White House, today’s revisions tell us very little about the state of Trump’s economy,” economists Elise Gould and Ben Zipperer of the Economic Policy Institute, an employment-focused think tank in Washington, said.
The Hill
September 12, 2025
There are lots of ways to measure the difference between what men and women earn, according to Elise Gould, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute.
You can compare hourly wages or annual salaries, control for factors like education and zip code or not, “and they’re all correct. They may be telling a slightly different story,” she said.
But Gould said the data consistently show a wide and stubborn gap, including the Census Bureau’s comparison of total earnings by year-round, full-time workers.
“As of 2024, full-time women are paid only 80.9% of what full-time men are paid,” Gould said.
Marketplace
September 12, 2025