A study by the Economic Policy Institute showed that between 1978 and 2023, executive compensation nationwide increased by 1,085% while average worker pay rose only 24%, according to the union.
Spectrum News NY 1
June 30, 2025
It takes a single parent with two children $106,000 to meet annual basic living expenses, according to the report, citing data from the Economic Policy Institute.
“Our findings reveal that many families — especially renters, single parents, and Black and Latino households — are earning far less than what is needed to afford many basic living expenses, even with full-time employment,” the report read.
LA Daily News
June 30, 2025
“Over the long term, there’s just been more educational upgrading,” said Elise Gould, a senior economist at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. She also noted that teen employment tends to be higher during stronger business cycles, when opportunities are more abundant and employers are willing to hire people with less experience and do more on-the-job training.
MarketWatch
June 30, 2025
The Republicans like to condemn lower-income people for accepting “handouts” or being dependent on the government. But according to a 2016 Economic Policy Institute study, if the federal minimum wage were raised from the current $7.25 an hour to $12, it would reduce people’s need for public assistance. It also would reduce spending on government assistance every year by $23 billion.
Huffington Post
June 30, 2025
Dave Kamper, Minnesota-based senior state policy strategist at the Economic Policy Institute, interacted with Hortman over the years and marveled at her ability to engage on a human level in the legislative world.
“How you make sure everyone’s feeling heard and everyone’s priorities are met, that’s a difficult thing to do,” Kamper acknowledged. “It requires time, it requires attention, it requires a genuine commitment to the well-being of the other folks. It can’t just be a transactional relationship.”
Public News Service
June 30, 2025
Taxes on tips have a big impact on underpaid workers. Nina Mast, an economic analyst with the Economic Policy Institute, a left-leaning think tank, has even likened tips to a modern tool of racist oppression in the South. “Tipped workers are more likely to be people of color, women, women of color, or single parents, and are disproportionately born outside of the U.S.,” she wrote in a paper published last June.
MarketWatch
June 30, 2025
Removing the provider tax provision threatens the very survival of the bill, because it had been expected to contribute significantly to Republican’s goal of slashing costs to fund tax cuts for the rich.
“There’s a lot of really bad stuff in there, but I don’t know that I’ve seen a bigger sticker price on anything else Byrded out yet,” said Samantha Sanders, director of government affairs and advocacy at the Economic Policy Institute.
The American Prospect
June 30, 2025
Stories such as Harris’ may turn out to be part of a trend that real estate experts are watching for closely: Public servants fired or otherwise impacted by DOGE cuts leaving the Beltway. 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.
Talking Points Memo
June 30, 2025
Per a recent report from the Economic Policy Institute, the South’s anti-worker policies both undermine job quality and depress worker power, in particular, those of Black and Latinx workers, lessons which the Arkansas-based Walmart has likely extrapolated to other locations.
Black Enterprise
June 30, 2025
The LaGuardia victory comes amid a broader national trend of wage growth for low-wage workers. Economic Policy Institute research shows that between 2019 and 2024, low-wage workers experienced historically fast real wage growth of 15.3%, representing a significant reversal of long-term inequality trends.
Hoodline
June 30, 2025