2024 Pennsylvania minimum wage Fact Sheets

The Keystone Research Center released new fact sheets, to show how many Pennsylvania workers would benefit from a $15 per hour minimum wage by 2026. The minimum wage is an essential labor standard, one that was established to guarantee a fair wage for the lowest paid workers in this country. Pennsylvania workers haven’t seen a minimum wage increase since 2009. View these fact sheets to learn about the Pennsylvania workers who would benefit from a $15 per hour minimum wage by 2026. Fact sheets are available for each of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties and every state House and State Senate district.

KRC’s research estimates that 1.34 million Pennsylvania workers would be affected by a $15 minimum wage. Almost 776,000 would be directly affected, and more than 568,000 would be indirectly affected. Directly affected workers are those who would be earning less than $15 per hour when the wage change took effect, while indirectly affected workers are those who earn slightly more than $15 per hour, but projections show these indirectly affected workers would see a slight wage increase as pay scales are adjusted upward with a $15 minimum wage. With a $15 minimum wage in 2026, over 21% of Pennsylvania’s workforce would see their wages rise.

 

FIND YOUR DISTRICT FACT SHEET HERE

JOIN US: 2024 KRC Annual Awards Reception – June 6, 2024

Please join us for an evening of celebration and good cheer at Keystone Research Center’s 2024 awards reception, Thursday, June 6th at 5:30 PM, at the AFSCME Council #13 Conference Center in Harrisburg. As well as mingling with others committed to shared prosperity and a Pennsylvania that works for all, you’ll have a chance to help sustain KRC financially at a moment in Pennsylvania and the country when our work has never been more important.

Join the Keystone Research Center for an evening of celebration and good cheer at our 2024 awards reception, Thursday, June 6th at 5:30 PM, at the AFSCME Council #13 Conference Center in Harrisburg. As well as mingling with others committed to shared prosperity and a Pennsylvania that works for all, you’ll have a chance to help sustain KRC financially at a moment in Pennsylvania and the country when our work has never been more important. We’ll also honor two individuals who have dedicated their lives to advocating for others: Ken Mash, APSCUF President, as the winner of the Sol Hoffman Award, and Susan Spicka, Education Voters of PA Executive Director, as winner of the Susan C. Eaton Award.

Pennsylvania’s Poor Track Record with Educational Vouchers

Keystone Research Center released a comprehensive report examining Pennsylvania’s troubling track record on existing Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) and Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) private school voucher programs.

Know the Issues

KRC and PBPC bridge the fragments of the progressive community — labor, faith-based organizations, advocates for and providers of human services, women’s groups, organizations of people of color, environmentalists, and others — seeking to create a unified vision and agenda around which all can rally.

That means we do research and analysis on a number of different issues. Here, you can learn about the issues we focus on, including:

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