Economic Policy Institute

Average hourly wage growth has exceeded inflation for 12 straight months, according to new Bureau of Labor Statistics data released this morning.

https://www.epi.org/blog/average-wages-have-surpassed-inflation-for-12-straight-months/

Executive This November, Alaska voters will decide whether to increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2027.1 This new wage floor will produce significant increases for Alaska’s lo...

https://www.epi.org/publication/alaskas-minimum-wage/

The labor market for young college graduates today is stronger than it was before the pandemic and has been for quite some time.

https://www.epi.org/blog/class-of-2024-young-college-graduates-have-experienced-a-rapid-economic-recovery/

The labor market recovery from the pandemic recession has been tremendous and low-wage workers have been key recipients of those gains, with dramatically fast real wage growth between 2019 and 20...

https://www.epi.org/blog/a-tight-labor-market-and-state-minimum-wage-increases-boosted-low-end-wage-growth-between-2019-and-2023/

U.S. labor market strength in the recovery has been extraordinary because policymakers addressed the pandemic and subsequent recession at the scale of the problem.

https://www.epi.org/blog/a-record-breaking-recovery-for-black-and-hispanic-workers-prime-age-employment-rates-have-hit-an-all-time-high-alongside-tremendous-wage-growth/

The economy performs much better during Democratic presidential administrations than during Republican ones.  

https://www.epi.org/publication/econ-performance-pres-admin/

In stark contrast to prior decades, low-wage workers experienced dramatically fast real wage growth between 2019 and 2023, but many workers continue to suffer from grossly inadequate wages and mi...

https://www.epi.org/publication/swa-wages-2023/

Click here for the latest version of our 50-state maps showing legislation to roll back or strengthen child labor Child labor remains a top issue in 2024 state legislative sessions amid soaring v...

https://www.epi.org/blog/child-labor-remains-a-key-state-legislative-issue-in-2024-state-lawmakers-must-seize-opportunities-to-strengthen-standards-resist-ongoing-attacks-on-child-labor-laws/

The Family Budget Calculator estimates the resources families need to make ends meet across the United States. This report explains how policymakers, employers, and advocates can set meaningful l...

https://www.epi.org/publication/epis-family-budget-calculator/

This is an excerpt from an op-ed that originally ran in CNN. Read the full op-ed In recent years, researchers have debated the simple question of whether inequality has risen a lot or a littl...

https://www.epi.org/blog/theres-no-debate-measurable-income-inequality-has-skyrocketed-in-recent-decades/