New State of Working Ohio finds median wage declines for fourth straight year Output per U.S. worker has soared by 78 percent since 1973, Ohioans’ higher education levels leapt more than 65 percent since 1979, and median U.S. two-parent families have increased work hours by 18.4 percent since 1979. Yet
The federal minimum wage of $5.15 an hour has less purchasing power than in all but one of the past fifty years. A new Policy Matters Ohio study finds that increasing the Ohio minimum wage to $7.15 an hour, as has been proposed, would directly affect 446,000 covered employees. Of
The federal minimum wage of $5.15 an hour has less purchasing power than in all but one of the past fifty years. Since 1968, the value of a minimum wage paycheck has fallen by more than thirty percent. A full-time minimum wage worker brings in only $10,712 a year. Fifteen
Ohio’s rate grows fastest among states between 2000 and 2003 Bankruptcies climbed more steeply in Ohio than in any other state between 2000 and 2003, and reached their highest recorded rates in Ohio and the United States by the end of that period, according to a new report by Christian
Jobs have deserted the Mid west. Ohio’s manufacturing sector is being battered. Cleveland’s poverty rate is officially the nation’s worst. In a region called the rust belt, in a state with a shrinking job base, in a city whose poet laureate is Harvey Pekar, none of this seems like news.
A new report finds that more than 7,800 tax filers in the city of Cleveland and more than 14,600 tax filers in Cuyahoga County who do not currently claim the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) may be eligible to receive the credit. The EITC is a refundable tax credit available
This 2004 report finds that more than 7,800 tax filers in the city of Cleveland and more than 14,600 tax filers in Cuyahoga County who do not currently claim the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) may be eligible to receive the credit. Getting these households to file could bring an
The State of Working Ohio 2004 chronicles how the economy has treated Ohio workers over the past year, the past decade, and the past generation. This year’s edition finds that the past year posed serious challenges to Ohio workers as jobs continued to disappear and median hourly wages fell for
Policy Matters report finds wages fell, jobs vanished, inequality increased last year 2003 was a tough year for workers in Ohio, where jobs continued to disappear and median hourly wages fell for the third straight year. Over a longer trend, inequality has increased, gaps between black and white workers have
Ohio’s job market has been pummeled so badly in the last three years that anemic job growth can seem almost praiseworthy by comparison. But make no mistake: compared to previous recoveries, other states or past performance, Ohio workers are being left far, far behind. Anyone who tries to claim otherwise
Families in Ohio are taxed at a lower income level than families in all but five states according to a new report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, released here by Policy Matters Ohio. Ohio levies income taxes on single-parent families of three who earn as little as
A Tough Job
Compared to a generation ago, adult workers in Ohio and the nation are vastly more productive. American workers generate 78 percent more output per hour than they did in 1973, with a particularly steep ascent in the last few years. Ohio educational levels have not risen quickly enough, but they