The Economic Policy Institute’s Family Budget Calculator measured the income a family needs to have a “modest yet adequate” standard of living. According to its measurements, to achieve that in the Philadelphia metropolitan area, you need to make an annual total of $112,609.
Bucks County Today
February 23, 2024
According to the Economic Policy Institute, the number of bus drivers in the country is down 15% from 2019.
KWQC
February 23, 2024
Support has grown across the United States recently for legislation banning race-based discrimination on hair, specifically textures or styles associated with a particular race or national origin. Texas is one of 24 states to have passed a law banning such discrimination, according to the Economic Policy Institute. Texas passed its law in May 2023.
Reuters
February 23, 2024
It also took into account the average monthly cost of rent via Zumper and the average cost of groceries via data from the Economic Policy Institute.
Travel and Leisure
February 16, 2024
- The Economic Policy Institute issued a report showing that so-called “right to work” laws which make it harder for workers to unionize are hurting the economic power of workers in red states, resulting in lower wages, smaller pensions, and worse benefit packages. Additionally, the trickle-down claims that eliminating right-to-work laws will create jobs are patently false:
The Pitch from Civic Ventures
February 16, 2024
A 2014 report from the Economic Policy Institute found that wage theft costs U.S. workers more than $50 billion each year.
Orlando Weekly
February 16, 2024
Thirty-four states also have minimum wage exemptions for youth, according to the Economic Policy Institute.
Next City
February 16, 2024
A 2022 study by the Economic Policy Institute found that average weekly wagers for teachers have remained “relatively flat” since 1996, with teachers making more than 14% less in Ohio when compared with other college-educated workers.
News 5 Cleveland
February 16, 2024
Opponents say such laws weaken unions’ ability to secure better wages, benefits and working conditions for workers. According to an analysis by the left-leaning think tank Economic Policy Institute, wages in “right-to-work” states are more than 3% lower than in non-“right-to-work” states, “even after controlling for a full set of worker characteristics and state labor market conditions.”
Construction Dive
February 16, 2024