If the minimum wage had increased at the same pace as productivity growth over the last 70 years, it would be over $22 an hour today. The U.S. can certainly afford a $15 minimum wage.
Learn more about why we need to #RaiseTheWage: go.epi.org/raisethewage
Learn more about why we need to #RaiseTheWage: go.epi.org/raisethewage
A $15 minimum wage would lift pay for tens of millions of workers and help reverse decades of growing pay inequality. #RaiseTheWage #FightFor15 
Low wages hurt all workers and are particularly harmful to Black workers and other workers of color, especially women of color, who make up a disproportionate share of workers who are severely underpaid. Raising the minimum wage to $15 would help narrow racial pay gaps.
All workers deserve a $15 minimum wage, but who benefits is not just who you think.
A national $15 minimum wage would deliver wage increases to workers across the country. We map out how it would impact each congressional district: epi.org/publication/mi…
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