In the DMV region, encompassing D.C., parts of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia, more than 500,000 people work directly for the federal government, according to data from the 2023 American Community Survey and 2025 Current Employment Statistics compiled by the Economic Policy Institute this year.
An analysis by Sanders’s office released last month found that, over the next decade, the proportion of uninsured people would increase by 59 percent in the state. The Institute for Policy Studies and the Economic Policy Institute found in a report earlier this month that the bill puts Medicaid benefits at risk for 444,000 people and food benefits at risk for 401,000 people in Pennsylvania.
In 2021, CEOS at the top 350 companies in the US earned 399 times the pay of an average worker, according to the Economic Policy Institute; in 1989 that ratio was 59-to-1, and in 1965 it was 20-to-1.
“Cities want to attract highly educated workers to fuel their economic growth and tax revenues. Higher levels of education tend to lead to higher salaries,” the study stated. “Plus, the more that graduates earn, the more tax dollars they contribute over time, according to the Economic Policy Institute. In turn, educated people want to live somewhere where they will get a good return on their educational investment.”
Child care is one of the biggest budget breakers for many families. Annual costs for infant care range from just shy of $5,000 in Mississippi to more than $22,600 in Washington, D.C., according to the Economic Policy Institute, a nonprofit organization focused on low- and middle-income workers
Cities are increasingly working to attract highly educated workers to drive economic growth and increase tax revenues. According to the Economic Policy Institute, higher levels of education generally lead to higher salaries, and the more graduates earn, the more tax dollars they contribute over time.
The Economic Policy Institute says privatization uses the power of the government to force workers to place some of their earnings under the control of financial institutions, like brokerages and banks, making the finance industry the one clear winner.
Landing in the top 10% can be a fairly attainable goal for upwardly mobile Americans. A study published by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) in 2022 found that the average earnings of those in the top 10% were roughly $169,639 in 2021.
According to economist Ben Zipperer of the Economic Policy Institute, the deportation goals backed by the bill would significantly reduce US employment. Drawing from historical data, Zipperer projects that if the Trump administration carries out its target of 1 million deportations annually, the economy would lose 5.9 million jobs over four years, including 3.3 million immigrant jobs and 2.6 million U.S.-born jobs.
“Employment losses would ripple across construction, child care, and consumer services,” Zipperer said. “Child care centres will curtail operations, and parents will work fewer hours due to increased care responsibilities.”
Oregon is one of twenty states along with the District of Columbia that indexes its minimum wage increases to inflation, according to the nonprofit Economic Policy Institute.