Tipped wage minimums vary greatly by state, according to Economic Policy Institute figures updated Nov. 26. Washington has the highest at $16.28 per hour, as it is among seven states that match the state’s non-tipped minimum wage. Sixteen states have no minimum tipped wage, but the federal minimum of $2.13 per hour applies.
Cape Gazette
January 7, 2025
…losing their jobs, others studies contradicted this. The Economic Policy Institute in 2018 cited various studies finding restaurant…[paywall].
Traverse City Record-Eagle
January 7, 2025
The Economic Policy Institute estimates about 112,700 Ohioans paid less than $10.70 will see a direct wage increase Jan. 1, and another 206,000 making just above the minimum will also see an increase when employers adjust pay scales.
The Center Square
January 7, 2025
What isn’t talked about enough is the exploitation that these workers often experience. The Economic Policy Institute reported that a majority of H-1B workers are paid below median wages.
Forbes
January 7, 2025
Ten years later, the “outsourcing loophole” remains unplugged, and in April 2023 the nonprofit Economic Policy Institute reported that the top 30 H-1B employers over the previous 15 months laid off 85,000 workers … and hired 34,000 H-1B workers.
The New Republic
January 7, 2025
Novato is not alone in pursuing a higher minimum wage. According to the Economic Policy Institute, 21 states will increase minimum wages in 2025, and nearly 30 cities and counties in California are doing so.
Marin Independent Journal
January 7, 2025
Facebook is not alone in manipulating the program for profit. An Economic Policy Institute report found that Google, Microsoft, Intel, Qualcomm and others hired 2,735 new H1B workers in 2022 while laying off close to 15,000 employees — “nearly five and a half times the number of H-1B workers they hired.”
The Daily Caller
January 7, 2025
Last year, the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) noted in a report that H-1B visas were not being used to “fill genuine labor shortages in skilled occupations without negatively impacting U.S. workers’ wages and working conditions.” The program’s biggest users were companies that laid off thousands of workers in 2022 and 2023.
Common Dreams
January 7, 2025
Research by the Economic Policy Institute suggests that had the federal minimum wage kept…[paywall].
Philadelphia Inquirer
January 7, 2025
The Economic Policy Institute research, conducted partially by Ron Hira, who is considered the leading expert on fraud and abuse within the H-1B visa program, reviewed wage data from HCL Technologies, which is India’s third-largest outsourcing firm and whose clients include Microsoft, Disney, Boeing, FedEx, Google, T-Mobile, and Keurig Dr. Pepper, among others.
Breitbart
January 7, 2025