Wage Growth for Low-Wage Workers Has Been Strongest in States with Minimum Wage Increases

From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/):

Low-wage workers in states that increased the minimum wage between 2013 and 2018 experienced wage growth at a rate 50 percent faster than those in states with no minimum wage increases. Check out EPI’s new interactive map to see the count of workers in each congressional district that would receive wage increases if Congress passes the Raise the Wage Act of 2019.

Learn more at https://www.epi.org/publication/wage-growth-for-low-wage-workers-has-been-strongest-in-states-with-minimum-wage-increases.

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