Economic Policy Institute @epi.org · Jan 15 BREAKING: The federal minimum wage remains an official poverty wage in 2026. 😵 The annual earnings of a single adult working full-time, year-round at $7.25/hour falls below the newly released poverty threshold for any household of any size. 1/
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Last year, Sebastian Martinez Hickey and @icidmartinez.bsky.social wrote about why low-wage work fails to shelter workers from economic insecurity and poverty. Increasing the minimum wage boosts earnings and reduces poverty. 2/