According to the Economic Policy Institute, approximately 43,153 federal workers live in the state. The data is based on the 2023 American Community Survey. The analysis rescales published ACS counts and margins of error so that the values are consistent with the January 2025 BLS Current Employment Situation federal government employment estimate of 3,024,000.
The State
March 10, 2025
A minimum wage worker in Oklahoma would need to work an untenable 110 hours weekly to afford a two-bedroom rental or full time for 43 weeks a year to cover child care for an infant, as reported by the National Low Income Housing Coalition and the Economic Policy Institute, respectively.
Hoodline
March 10, 2025
The Economic Policy Institute wrote “House Republicans approved a budget resolution,” “including $880 billion in cuts that will inevitably fall on Medicaid.” The President and Congress have proclaimed “Low taxes for the rich and for corporations is the highest legislative priority.” At the same time, they “cut federal programs that are utterly vital to the incomes and security of vulnerable families.”
Oswego County Today
March 10, 2025
Research has found that workers covered by a union contract earn 13.5% more on average than nonunion workers in the same jobs with a similar level of education and experience. The pay disparity is even greater for Black and Hispanic workers, according to the Economic Policy Institute, who are more likely to be union members than white workers.
Creative Loafing Tampa
March 10, 2025
Other retirees take Social Security early because they feel they have no alternative. “Many people don’t have enough savings,” said Monique Morrissey, a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute. “And it also makes people nervous to draw down their savings, even if it’s the right thing to do.”
USA Today
March 10, 2025
More than 46,000 people in Massachusetts work for the federal government, including for the postal service, in warehouses, in transportation, and in public administration, Healey’s office said. More than 30,000 live in the Greater Boston area, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Boston.com
March 10, 2025
According to the Economic Policy Institute, one of the factors that drive generous CEO compensation is the perception that there’s a limited pool of qualified candidates out there.
Ad Week
March 10, 2025
The teacher shortage doesn’t affect all communities equally. According to the Economic Policy Institute, high-poverty districts face vacancy rates nearly three times higher than affluent districts. Rural schools struggle with recruitment and retention, while urban districts often face high turnover rates. These areas usually struggle to compete with the higher salaries of suburban schools.
Forbes
March 10, 2025
A Colorado law passed in 1943 amid intense big-business and white-supremacist campaigns to block worker organizing has suppressed unionization in the state, according to a new report.
Jennifer Sherer, deputy director of state policy and research at the Economic Policy Institute and the report’s co-author, said state lawmakers have an opportunity to level the playing field at a time when a growing number of workers are looking to unions to improve working conditions, wages and address rapidly growing economic inequality.
“Colorado is one of the states in the country that still has a very old law on the books that creates obstacles for workers who want to form unions,” Sherer pointed out. “This year, the Legislature is looking at finally repealing that very old law.”
Public News Service
March 10, 2025
References:
Harmful Colorado bill would lower the minimum wage for tipped workers in Denver and other cities, Economic Policy Institute, Feb. 26, 2025. Source link.
Colorado Sun
March 10, 2025