“It seems likely that the Trump administration will use Friday’s jobs report to continue to argue that their immigration policies are creating job market opportunities for U.S.-born workers, but this claim is false and based on a misreading of data from the household survey,” Ben Zipperer, senior economist at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, wrote in a blog.
“If anything, the job market for U.S.-born workers is worse so far in 2025 than it was in preceding years.”
NBC News
September 5, 2025
These effects are reshaping the local economy and call into question whether tariffs are achieving their stated goal of boosting U.S. jobs and manufacturing. Joining us on AirTalk today for more is Adam S. Hersh, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, and Ching Fu, Meet Fresh General Manager.
LAist
September 3, 2025
According to the Economic Policy Institute, a nonpartisan think tank, CEO pay increased 1,085 percent from 1978 to 2023, while the average worker’s earnings rose 24 percent.
The Columbian
September 2, 2025
In 2019, the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., a nonprofit and nonpartisan think tank focused on economic policy, found that of 3,061 counties in the nation, Saratoga County ranked 28th in income inequality, just three spaces below San Francisco.
Albany Times Union
September 2, 2025
In Massachusetts, 148,000 jobs could be lost if the administration carries out its intention to deport 4 million people over four years, according to the Economic Policy Institute, as employers grapple with a reduced labor force and struggle to stay open.
The Boston Globe
September 2, 2025
Meanwhile, data from the Economic Policy Institute shows a growing productivity gap. Since 1980, worker productivity has grown 1.4% annually, while hourly compensation has grown only 0.6%.
KOB-TV (New Mexico)
September 2, 2025
The share of unionized workers in 1979 was 27%. That percentage fell to just 11.6% in 2019. Along with it, so did the wages of middle-class workers. According to a study by the Economic Policy Institute, declining union membership decreased the median worker’s wages by $1.56 per hour. Had union density remained at 1979 levels, workers would have earned another $3,250 a year.
The Press Democrat
September 2, 2025
According to the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, roughly 60 million workers in the U.S. wanted to join a union but couldn’t in 2024. Recent organizing pushes at vehemently anti-union franchises like Starbucks and REI, meanwhile, suggest that the appetite for employee protections and fair wages is only growing.
Capital & Main
September 2, 2025
“The analysis compares median earnings data from the U.S. Census Bureau with cost-of-living estimates from the Economic Policy Institute to assess how far a graduate’s income goes across the country,” the travel and credit website Upgraded Points reported.
Voice of San Diego
September 2, 2025
Labor laws, including those around collective bargaining, have been weakened, according to the left-leaning think tank the Economic Policy Institute.
NorthJersey.com
September 2, 2025