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Sun Mar 7, 2021, 08:56 PM Mar 2021

The impact of raising the minimum wage to $15 by 2025, by congressional district

Mapping the impact of the Raise the Wage Act of 2021 on workers
Multimedia • January 28, 2021

The federal minimum hourly wage is just $7.25 and has not increased since 2009. The Raise the Wage Act of 2021, introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on January 26, 2021, would gradually raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025. EPI research shows that raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025 would lift pay for 32 million workers across the country—that’s 21% of the U.S. workforce. The increases would provide an additional $107 billion in wages for the country’s lowest-paid workers, with the average affected worker who works year-round receiving an extra $3,300 a year.

The map below shows the estimated share and count of workers in each congressional district who would receive wage increases if the Raise the Wage Act of 2021 were enacted into law. The map also breaks down the share of workers who would benefit by age, gender, and race and ethnicity. Hover over any congressional district to see more information about the workforce that would be affected by the proposed federal minimum wage increase. (Grayed areas denote districts where few, if any, workers are likely to be affected by a change in the federal minimum wage because the prevailing state or local minimum wage will already be $15 or higher by 2025.) The table below the map lists all the data for all congressional districts.

Note: The map is colored based on the share of working residents in each congressional district who would be affected. Affected workers are workers who would receive wage increases because they are directly affected (otherwise earning less than $15 per hour in 2025) or indirectly affected (earning just slightly above $15 in 2025). Grayed areas denote districts where few, if any, workers are likely to be affected by a change in the federal minimum wage because the prevailing state or local minimum wage will already be $15 or higher by 2025. The estimates assume that the labor market will have recovered from the pandemic by 2025.

Source: Economic Policy Institute Minimum Wage Simulation Model using data from the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and Congressional Budget Office.

MAP ➡️ https://www.epi.org/publication/minimum-wage-to-15-by-2025-by-congressional-district/

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