A $12 minimum wage by 2020 will lift wages for Maine women and their families (pie chart)

Posted September 19, 2016

Tags Minimum Wage

Increasing the minimum wage to $12 will raise the annual pay of 93,000 Maine women by an average of $3,200

This November, Mainers will vote on an initiative that would gradually raise Maine’s minimum wage from $7.50 to $12 an hour by 2020. The effects of the […]

Sarah Austin

Posted August 19, 2016

Tags Incomes, Minimum Wage, Wages

Jobs and Income

MECEP Report Finds Increasing the Minimum Wage to $12 Will Raise the Pay for 1 in 3 Maine Workers

In 2020 181,000 Mainers will earn an additional $3,485 a year on average; 9 of 10 of those benefiting are age 20 or older, half between age […]

Posted August 18, 2016

Tags Minimum Wage, Wages

Jobs and Income

Restoring the Value of Work (full report)

This November, Maine voters will consider a ballot initiative to raise the state minimum wage incrementally to $12 an hour by 2020 and gradually increase the subminimum […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted August 17, 2016

Tags Minimum Wage

Jobs and Income

Restoring the Value of Work (executive summary)

This November, Maine voters will consider a ballot initiative to raise the state minimum wage incrementally to $12 an hour by 2020 and gradually increase the subminimum […]

Mark Sullivan

Posted August 17, 2016

Tags Minimum Wage

Jobs and Income, Maine’s Economy