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Minimum Wage

Decades of economic study shows raising minimum wages hurts businesses and their employees. EPI tracks data and analysis to understand how minimum wage hikes cause negative consequences, and includes commentary and analysis on real-time proposals and how they could affect federal, state, and local communities.

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NEW DATA: California Among Top 5 States for Teen Unemployment

Hawley’s $15 Wage Proposal Could Cost the U.S. Over 800,000 Jobs

June 10, 2025

Cuomo Should Take a Tip from New York’s History of Wage Hike Harm

May 30, 2025

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NEW DATA: California Among Top 5 States for Teen Unemployment

June 13, 2025

Cuomo Should Take a Tip from New York’s History of Wage Hike Harm

May 30, 2025

NEW DATA: CA Restaurant Workers Lost Nearly 2 Months of Work Annually After AB 1228

May 20, 2025

So-called “Practical” Minimum Wage Bill Would Punish Small Businesses

May 16, 2025

Sanders’ $17 Wage Proposal Could Cost Over a Million Jobs

April 11, 2025

The Not-So-Happy Birthday of California’s “Crappiest” Law

April 3, 2025

The First Birthday of California’s $20 Fast Food Wage

April 1, 2025

On the one year birthday of California’s $20 minimum wage, there is little to celebrate

April 1, 2025

Newsom’s $20 Fast Food Wage Cost 16K CA Jobs, Federal Data Says

March 14, 2025

Minimum Wage Press Releases

Hawley’s $15 Wage Proposal Could Cost the U.S. Over 800,000 Jobs

June 10, 2025

NEW DATA: California’s $20 Wage Law Cost Restaurant Workers 7 Weeks Worth of Work

May 20, 2025

Full-Page Ad Slams First Birthday of California’s “Crappiest Law”

April 1, 2025

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