Millions of workers across the country regularly experience similar violations, amounting to tens of billions of dollars in illegally withheld wages every year, according to an Economic Policy Institute report.
Capital & Main
March 10, 2025
Electrical equipment, machinery and parts is one of Minnesota’s top nonagriculture export categories. Most products contain at least some foreign-made components, with many relying on Canada and Mexico, according to an Economic Policy Institute Analysis of USITC Dataweb data.
“Nothing is 100% made in America. We live in a globally integrated economy,” said Adam Hersh, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
March 10, 2025
…International Economic Emergency Powers Act, according to the Economic Policy Institute website [paywall].
Houston Chronicle
March 10, 2025
In South Dakota, there are over 10 thousand federal employees, according to a report from the Economic Policy Institute. It’s unclear how many have been affected by the layoffs, but there have been cuts.
KELO
March 10, 2025
As of September 2024, there were 12.2% fewer bus drivers compared to September 2019, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Mustang News
March 10, 2025
Since 2000, Americans’ median household income “barely rose over the whole time period,” according to a report from the U.S. Treasury. Wages for the lowest 90% of earners have risen by 15% since 2000, according to the Economic Policy Institute, while hourly wages have risen around 22% over that period.
Salon
March 10, 2025
Why was this announcement so calamitous? While tariffs are designed to benefit domestic sectors and U.S. workers, per the Economic Policy Institute, many companies faced with tariffs pass costs on to consumers in the form of price increases. This can end up slowing sales and unsettling the economy.
GO Banking Rates
March 10, 2025
Meanwhile, the average monthly cost of daycare for one child in Fort Bend County is around $805, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Houston Public Media
March 10, 2025
Since then, the labor market has tightened, and wages have increased across all income levels. The biggest gains were among the bottom 10 percent of earners, whose real wages grew by 13% from 2019 to 2023, according to a 2024 Economic Policy Institute report.
Stacker
March 10, 2025
According to the Economic Policy Institute, the number of school bus drivers nationwide declined by 15%, or approximately 29,000, between 2019 and 2023. Contributing to this troublesome shortfall, the average American school bus driver earned $565 per week in 2023, which is 43% less than the median weekly wage of $990 for all workers.
Springfield Daily Citizen
March 10, 2025