Poverty-level wages cost U.S. taxpayers $153 billion every year
Monday, April 13, 2015 - 08:30
in Earth & Climate
While the U.S. economy rebounds, persistent low wages are costing taxpayers approximately $153 billion every year in public support to working families, including $25 billion at the state level, according to a new report from the University of California, Berkeley, Center for Labor Research and Education. The report details for the first time the state-by-state cost to taxpayers of low wages in the United States.