American Farm Bureau Federation Inc. Economic Policy Institute; United Farm Workers; University of California Davis. Government Agencies.
Law360
October 7, 2025
One of the benefits of living in a small city is affordability. WalletHub cited an example based on figures from Economic Policy Institute’s family budget calculator of the cost of living for a two-parent, two-child family in Hanford, California, compared with that of the same family in San Francisco: $8,013 per versus $17,621 per month.
Think Advisor
October 7, 2025
Excessive deregulation could also create new problems, including pollution that needs to be cleaned up later, among other safety issues, said Adam Hersh, senior economist at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute.
“Just willy-nilly going in and stripping out regulations is not a recipe for economic success,” he said. Blanket deregulation “is a recipe for transferring the costs of those activities from the business onto other parts of the economy, whether it’s workers, whether it’s consumers, whether it’s the general public.”
Bloomberg
October 7, 2025
Elise Gould, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute and an expert in wage dynamics, told Newsweek that areas such as leisure and hospitality “experienced much faster wage growth” following the pandemic due to the “sheer numbers of jobs lost and the need for employers to scramble to attract and retain workers.” She added that these effects were especially pronounced at the lower end of wage distribution, and for workers who required more “enticement” from employers to return to lower-compensated, face-to-face positions.
Newsweek
October 7, 2025
While an obvious argument that some make is for the other parent to work as well, the topic then becomes the cost of childcare. According to the most recent data from the Economic Policy Institute, the cost of childcare is as high as $2,363 per month (Washington, D.C.). It explains that childcare is considered “affordable” if it costs no more than 7 percent of a family’s income; however, there’s no state where the average falls within that threshold for families earning the median income. To put that into perspective, child care is more expensive than rent in 17 states, according to EPI’s fact sheets.
Men's Journal
October 6, 2025
Incorrectly identifying Wilcox as an NLRB commissioner (the NLRB has no commissioners) Trump wrote he believed Wilcox “unduly” disfavored employers. The implications, said Margaret Poydock of the Economic Policy Institute, is that the newly-appointed board members are expected to rule in favor of employers. That could negatively influence unions’ decisions to bring issues before the board, Poydock told TPM.
“[Trump] kind of gave this justification that if a board member is not favoring employers, they might risk losing their job,” Poydock said of Trump’s letter firing Wilcox. “So workers or union organizers or labor unions may not want to go to a board whose kind of mandate is to favor an employer over the worker.”
Poydock co-authored an article which found the NLRB has continued to process cases through its 12 regional offices, where most cases are handled.
Talking Points Memo
October 6, 2025
17,000 federal workers in the Pittsburgh metro area, per the Economic Policy Institute [paywall].
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
October 6, 2025
“Trump policies — chaotic and high tariffs, mass deportations, attacks on the federal workforce — have already led to a softening labor market and more inflationary pressures,” Elise Gould, senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute, posted to Bluesky. (1)
MoneyWise
October 6, 2025
As Cass points out in his book, there is a significant body of research documenting the positive impact that unions have not only for union workers but for non-union workers as well. According to a recent report by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), on average a union worker earns 12.8% more in wages than an equivalent non-union worker in the same sector with a similar education, occupation, and experience.
CT Insider
October 6, 2025
As of the morning of Oct. 2, eight federal employees have filed unemployment claims, according to a spokesperson for the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. The agency said it is prepared to assist federal workers living in the state who have been furloughed due to the federal government shutdown.
Below is a breakdown of the federal workforce by county in Colorado. The data was compiled by the Economic Policy Institute.
Denver Gazette
October 6, 2025