Professor Katz argued that slower growth in wages for upper-middle-class workers could simply reflect a discount that these workers effectively accepted in return for being able to work from home. Data from the liberal Economic Policy Institute shows that wages for workers in the 70th and 80th percentiles of the income distribution have grown more slowly than those of any other group since 2019.
New York Times
March 25, 2025
According to the Economic Policy Institute, Indiana ranks 18th in the nation for the most expensive infant care at $12,612 per year or $1,051 per month. Child care for a 4-year-old costs $9,557 per year or $796 per month.
The Journal Gazette
March 24, 2025
The Tarvers paid $630 a month to put their son in the infant room before they received assistance — about 70% of the average cost of child care in Texas, which is $892 a month, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
The Texas Tribune
March 24, 2025
Sanders: “CEOs now make 300 times more than their average worker.”
We rated a similar 2023 Sanders statement Mostly True.
The Economic Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C., liberal think tank, found that a 2023 measurement of CEO wages versus average workers’ wages showed a 290-to-1 ratio. That was smaller than previous years’ estimates of 344-to-1 in 2022 and 399-to-1 in 2021. (Sanders has updated his talking point.)
Politifact
March 24, 2025
According to the Economic Policy Institute, the first minimum wage was part of the 1938 Fair Labor Standards Act.
Maine Central Radio
March 24, 2025
Monique Morrissey, a senior economist with the Economic Policy Institute, recently joined WWL News Radio to discuss how the department could affect Social Security.
WWL News Radio (New Orleans)
March 24, 2025
Graphic uses EPI’s child care cost data.
The Guardian
March 24, 2025
Jeff Faux was the founding president of the Economic Policy Institute. His books include The Servant Economy.
The Nation
March 24, 2025
Almost 90,000 federal employees live in Illinois, according to estimates by the nonprofit Economic Policy Institute.
Chicago Tribune
March 24, 2025
Infant care averaged $17,071 a year in the state, according to the recent analysis of government data by the Economic Policy Institute. It found the average tuition at a four-year public college in Ohio was $11,110. (The analysis is mostly based on 2023 and 2024 data.) This meant that it cost families nearly 54% more to have paid a provider to look after a baby than it would have cost to have sent a young adult to a post-secondary institution.
Signal Cleveland
March 24, 2025