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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

Workers in low income families are most likely to get a raise (bar chart)

Mark Sullivan

Posted August 17, 2016

Tags Incomes, Minimum Wage, Wages

Jobs and Income

Working parents make up 1 in 4 workers who will benefit (pie chart)

Mark Sullivan

Posted August 17, 2016

Tags Minimum Wage

Jobs and Income

More than half of workers who will receive a raise have education beyond high school, 1 in 6 are college graduates (bar chart)

Mark Sullivan

Posted August 17, 2016

Tags Minimum Wage

Jobs and Income

9 out of 10 workers who will receive a raise are age 20 or older (bar chart)

Mark Sullivan

Posted August 17, 2016

Tags Minimum Wage

Jobs and Income

The minimumwage worker-productivity gap has grown wider for half a century (line graph)

Mark Sullivan

Posted August 17, 2016

Tags Minimum Wage

Jobs and Income

Labor Department’s minimum wage testimony misses the mark

Instead of informing yesterday’s public hearing on a raft of bills that would raise Maine’s minimum wage, the Maine Department of Labor chose to present a slew […]

Marpheen Chann-Berry

Posted March 24, 2015

Tags Minimum Wage, Wages

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

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

Restoring the Value of Work (full report)

Restoring the Value of Work (executive summary)

Workers in low income families are most likely to get a raise (bar chart)

Working parents make up 1 in 4 workers who will benefit (pie chart)

More than half of workers who will receive a raise have education beyond high school, 1 in 6 are college graduates (bar chart)

9 out of 10 workers who will receive a raise are age 20 or older (bar chart)

The minimumwage worker-productivity gap has grown wider for half a century (line graph)

Labor Department’s minimum wage testimony misses the mark