The study’s findings are striking, but labor market experts caution that the data is also very limited.
“It’s absolutely the case that AI could be affecting the demand for certain types of jobs,” said Ben Zipperer, senior economist at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute, and he added that this demand dynamic could be applying downward pressure on wages. But he was quick to add that the Apollo study had too small of a sample size to be convincing.
Zipperer says this research approach can overstate negative effects of AI. Consider the example of coding, a high AI-exposure professional field. If AI causes it to become cheaper to build software by reducing demand for software developers, the saved money doesn’t disappear. It will go elsewhere, including being spent on hiring elsewhere and thereby boosting demand for other workers. “That makes the highly exposed jobs look worse by comparison, even though some of that measured loss is just income increases for other workers,” Zipperer said.
CNBC
September 14, 2026
The current age of AI is often considered to have begun with the public release of ChatGPT on Nov. 30, 2022. However, the potential economic and social implications of large language models were already becoming apparent during the first year of the Biden administration, which began implementing a series of rules and executive orders intended to limit the potential damage from the technology. The Economic Policy Institute maintains a comprehensive list of these actions.
Paul Krugman Substack
September 14, 2026
The Economic Policy Institute’s cost calculator estimates that the federal mass-deportation campaign will cost $268.9 billion nationwide through the remainder of President Donald Trump’s term. Allocated by each community’s share of federal income taxes, Dayton’s portion is $30.7 million — about $857 per federal tax filer. Montgomery County’s share rises to nearly $246.5 million, or $1,354 per filer.
Springfield News Sun
September 14, 2026
Let’s look at the affordability for a family in Allen County, Ohio. Two adults and two kids. According to the Economic Policy Institute’s family budget calculator, they need $92,000 to make ends meet. They pay $10,970 in taxes ($1,400 in income taxes), $18,000 on healthcare, $17,850 on transportation, $10,700 on food, $14,700 on child care and $7,220 on other essentials.
Lima News Ohio
September 14, 2026
According to the Economic Policy Institute, earnings inequality has “redistributed wages away from most workers” and stifled “broader-based wage growth.” However, wider wage gaps may also reflect stronger rewards for specialized skills and experience, factors that can help drive productivity and economic expansion.
Stacker
September 14, 2026
The Economic Policy Institute estimates wage theft costs American workers up to $50 billion every year, with minimum wage violations alone accounting for more than $15 billion. A Northwestern University economist went further, finding that more than 50 million American workers were paid below the legal minimum at some point between 2010 and 2021, a combined $155 billion.
The Hill
September 14, 2026
Nina Mast, policy analyst at the Economic Policy Institute, said limited staffing has reduced OSHA’s ability to proactively enforce protections.
Charleston Gazette-Mail
September 14, 2026
Workers in states with right-to-work laws, according to The Economic Policy Institute, receive lower wages, fewer benefits and more safety violations, leaving Florida’s workforce poorer and at risk for bodily harm.
Sun Sentinel
September 14, 2026
A family of two with two kids in Broward County would need to make $124,800 annually to live a modest and adequate lifestyle, according to calculations by the Economic Policy Institute.
WLRN
September 14, 2026
A recently released analysis from the Economic Policy Institute finds that workers in right-to-work states earn 6.7% less on average than comparable workers in states without RTW laws. That is more than double the 3.2% wage loss that EPI found in 2015, which amounts to more than $4,000 less per year. EPI’s analysis controlled for differences in demographics, jobs, state labor markets and cost of living.
Bay to Bay News (Maryland)
September 14, 2026