The State of Working America, an ongoing analysis published since 1988 by the Economic Policy Institute, includes a wide variety of data on family incomes, wages, jobs, unemployment, wealth, and poverty that allow for a clear, unbiased understanding of the economy’s effect on the living standards of working Americans.
January 15, 2015:
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State of Working America Data Library
Providing researchers, media, and the public with easily accessible, up-to-date, and comprehensive historical data on the American labor force.
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The State of Working America, 12th Edition
EPI's authoritative analysis of the living standards of America's workers
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PRESS RELEASE: Low- and middle-income workers have fallen behind over the last three decades
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12th Edition
Summary of major findings
Updated data show more than a 'lost decade'
OVERVIEW: Policy-driven inequality blocks living standards growth for most low- and middle-income workers
KEY NUMBERS: Click through topic-specific summaries of data
Data and analysis
Monitoring the economy
Up-to-date analysis on the national and state-level numbers that shape the economy.
Interactive feature
When income grows, who gains?
Chart the rise in U.S. household income since 1917—and see how growth has fared between the top 10 percent and the bottom 90 percent of Americans.