• About
    • About EPI
    • Events
      • The economic cost of DHS attacks on immigrants
    • Careers → We’re hiring!
    • Newsletter
    • Newsroom
    • Support our work
      • EPI40 – Celebrating 40 years as the working peoples’ think tank
      • Ways to give
      • Impact report
      • Donate
  • Areas of Research
    • Unions and Labor Standards
    • Jobs and Unemployment
    • Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy
      • State Unemployment by Race and Ethnicity
      • Advancing anti-racist research & policy
    • Immigration
    • Minimum Wage
    • Education
    • Federal Policy Watch
    • Child Labor
    • Inequality and Poverty
    • Retirement
    • Trade and Globalization
    • Budget, Taxes, and Public Investment
    • Economic Growth
    • Health
    • Regulation
    • Wages, Incomes, and Wealth
  • Data Library
  • Publications
  • Resources
    • Family Budget Calculator
    • Wage Calculator
    • Child care costs in the United States
    • CEO pay
    • Productivity–Pay Gap
    • Minimum Wage Tracker
    • U.S. workers’ rights preemption map
    • Economic Indicators →
      • Jobs and Unemployment
      • State Unemployment by Race and Ethnicity
      • Unemployment Insurance (UI) Claims
      • JOLTS analysis
      • Data accountability dashboard
      • Low Wage Workforce Tracker
      • Company Wage Tracker
    • EARN →
      • Holding the line: State solutions to the U.S. worker rights crisis
      • Rooted in Racism
      • Immigrant workers in your state
      • Federal workers in your state
      • Workers’ rights preemption in the U.S.: A map of the campaign to suppress workers’ rights in the states
      • State unemployment by race and ethnicity
    • Anti-racist Policy Research
    • Federal Policy Watch →
      • How many federal workers live in your state?
      • 47 ways Trump has made life less affordable in his first year back in office
      • 100 days, 100 ways Trump hurt workers
    • Tax & Spending Explorer
    • Projects →
      • Unequal Power
      • Building Worker Power
      • State of Working America
    • Social Media Toolkit
    • View all
  • Blog
  • Donate

  • News from EPI › New EPI resource debunks myths around raising the minimum wage

    June 1, 2026 Press Releases

  • News from EPI › New EPI proposal would raise the federal minimum wage and lift pay for nearly 40 million workers

    May 21, 2026 Press Releases

  • News from EPI › U.S. employers spend roughly $1.7 billion annually on union avoidance

    May 20, 2026 Press Releases

  • News from EPI › New report demonstrates how much the Trump agenda has harmed the D.C. regional economy: Other localities should brace for similar consequences

    April 30, 2026 Press Releases

  • News from EPI › New report shows that misclassifying workers as independent contractors is costly for workers and states

    April 15, 2026 Press Releases

  • News from EPI › New Economic Policy Institute report details how Southern workers and communities can claim a fairer share of manufacturing growth

    April 7, 2026 Press Releases

  • News from EPI › New report argues policymakers should adjust minimum wages for inflation to improve affordability: California’s Fast Food Council used as a case study

    March 23, 2026 Press Releases

  • News from EPI › Updated Family Budget Calculator shows cost of living in every U.S. county and metro area in 2025: New Wage Calculator also reveals how much higher your pay could be if wages had kept up with productivity since 1979

    March 4, 2026 Press Releases

  • News from EPI › New EPI report details how the Trump administration’s macroeconomic agenda harms affordability and raises inequality

    February 23, 2026 Press Releases

  • News from EPI › Union membership rose in 2025—including among federal workers

    February 18, 2026 Press Releases
Page 1 of 18912345...102030...Last »

We envision an economy that is just and strong, sustainable, and equitable--where every job is good, every worker can join a union, and every family and community can thrive.

EPI is a leader in the movement for economic justice. We use the tools of economics to win policy change that advances power for workers, economic security for families, and racial and gender equity in our nation.

EPI's rigorous research and transformative ideas fortify worker organizing, build a shared understanding of how power and policy shape economic outcomes, and drive progressive policy change at every level of government.

1225 Eye St. NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: 202-775-8810 • epi@epi.org


© 2026 Economic Policy Institute • Privacy Policy

Projects
State of Working America Data Library

Accessible, up-to-date data on the living standards of workers in the United States.

Economic Analysis and Research Network • EARN

The state and local network of organizations improving workers' lives through research and advocacy.

Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy • PREE

Exploring how race, ethnicity, and class intersect to affect economic outcomes in the United States.

Tax & Spending Explorer

How do taxes and spending work, and where do you fit in?

Why give to EPI | Donate

EIN 52-1368964

About EPI
Newsroom
Contact us

The Economic Policy Institute staff is unionized with the Nonprofit Professional Employees Union.