This week in the war on workers: What are state minimum wage increases doing to wage growth?
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Wage growth for low-income workers between 2013 and 2017 showed how important minimum wage increases are: Wage growth at the 10th percentile in states with at least one minimum wage increase from 2013 to 2017 was more than twice as fast as in states withouThis week in the war on workers: What are state minimum wage increases doing to wage growth?
Wage growth for low-income workers between 2013 and 2017 showed how important minimum wage increases are: Wage growth at the 10th percentile in states with at least one minimum wage increase from 2013 to 2017 was more than twice as fast as in states without any minimum wage increases (5.2 percent vs. 2.2 percent). As expected given women’s lower wages in general, this result is even stronger for women (5.1 percent vs. 0.8 percent). A favorite Republican argument against minimum wage increases is that they don’t want anyone to be making the minimum wage and if everyone was making more than the minimum, then it wouldn’t matter how low that was. But once again we’re reminded just how big a difference raising the minimum wage can make for the people who most need it. Read more