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About - Economic Policy Institute About EPI The Economic Policy Institute (EPI) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank working for the last 30 years to counter rising inequality, low wages and weak benefits for working people, slower economic growth, unacceptable employment conditions, and a widening racial wage gap
Family Budget Calculator - Economic Policy Institute EPI’s Family Budget Calculator measures the income a family needs in order to attain a modest yet adequate standard of living The budgets estimate community-specific costs for 10 family types (one or two adults with zero to four children) in all counties and metro areas in the United States
Economic Policy Institute | Research and Ideas for Shared Prosperity EPI is a leader in the movement for economic justice We use the tools of economics to win policy change that advances power for workers, economic security for families, and racial and gender equity in our nation
Publications - Economic Policy Institute EPI comment on OSHA’s “Interpretation of the General Duty Clause” proposed rule October 31, 2025 By Margaret Poydock Public Comments
Misclassifying workers as independent contractors is costly for workers . . . Heidi Shierholz, “EPI comments on independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act,” comments submitted on behalf of the Economic Policy Institute to Division of Regulations, Legislation, and Interpretation (Wage and Hour Division) Director Amy DeBisschop, October 26, 2020
271,500 workers went on strike in 2024 - epi. org The data, combined with an EPI review of publicly available sources, suggest a range of strike activity in 2024 Recurring themes of major stoppages in 2024 include improving pay, expanding benefits, and addressing workplace safety issues
Areas of research - Economic Policy Institute EPI analyzes the U S health care system through the lens of low- and moderate-income families’ living standards, with special attention to employer-sponsored health insurance, the burden of health costs, and disparities in access and outcomes
How anti-worker policies, crony capitalism, and privatization keep the . . . A 2017 EPI analysis of wage theft in the 10 most populous states—including Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Texas—found that workers were cheated out of $8 billion annually due to minimum wage violations alone (Cooper and Kroeger 2017)
2025 Q2 | State Unemployment by Race and Ethnicity EPI analyzes national and state unemployment rates by race and ethnicity, and racial ethnic unemployment rate gaps on a quarterly basis to generate a consistent sample to create reliable and precise estimates of unemployment rates by race and ethnicity at the state level