According to the Economic Policy Institute, CEOs at the 350 largest publicly traded U.S. companies earned 281 times as much as a typical worker in 2024, compared with 21 times as much in 1965.
Katie Couric Substack
October 27, 2026
Valerie Wilson, director of the Economic Policy Institute’s Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy, told USA TODAY something else may also be at play in the September results.
“It could be just the fact that we’re dealing with a smaller sample size for the survey and, depending on who responds, how many people respond to the survey, that also can create some noise in terms of the measurement,“ Wilson said. “But the 2 to 1 disparity is almost always present, whether things are booming or not.”
USA Today
October 27, 2026
Jennifer Sherer, deputy director of the Economic Analysis and Research Network and director of the State Worker Power Initiative, said the growing support for unions reflects the concerns about economic equality, stagnant wages, and affordability among Americans.
Unions can help workers negotiate for a greater share of the economic value they produce, Sherer said, particularly when wages do not keep pace with productivity or the cost of living.
“Workers across the board are very aware of that economic imbalance,” she said. “There’s an imbalance of power, both in their workplaces, but in the economy and our broader political system.”
The Daily Iowan
October 27, 2026
In 2025, Black women experienced far greater employment losses than other women, especially college graduates and public-sector workers, according to data analyzed by Valerie Wilson, an economist.
New York Times
October 27, 2026
McDill also notes the recent precipitous decline in employment among Black women nationally, who according to one recent study “bore the brunt of the economic slowdown.” (That Economic Policy Institute report attributed the job losses largely to “massive federal layoffs and buyouts” under the Trump administration, which disproportionately affected Black women with college degrees.)
WESA (Pittsburgh NPR)
October 27, 2026
The average cost of childcare is $15,394 a year in New York, the sixth-most expensive state in the nation, according to a recent report by the Economic Policy Institute.
The Center Square
October 27, 2026
Raising two children through age 17 costs just over $700,000, up 9.5% from last year, the largest increase of any expense. The figure counts the extra housing, food, transportation, and taxes two kids bring to a two-adult household, per the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), plus center-based childcare from infancy through summer camp.
Investopedia
October 27, 2026
“Many good middle-class jobs became good middle-class jobs because of unions,” said Elise Gould, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute.
Minnesota Star Tribune
October 27, 2026
Jennifer Sherer, deputy director of the Economic Analysis and Research Network and director of the State Worker Power Initiative, said the growing support for unions reflects the concerns about economic equality, stagnant wages, and affordability among Americans.
Unions can help workers negotiate for a greater share of the economic value they produce, Sherer said, particularly when wages do not keep pace with productivity or the cost of living.
“Workers across the board are very aware of that economic imbalance,” she said. “There’s an imbalance of power, both in their workplaces, but in the economy and our broader political system.”
The Daily Iowan
October 20, 2026