GILLIBRAND REPORT: INCREASING FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE WOULD BENEFIT NEARLY 1.

8 MILLION NEW YORK WORKERS, BOOST WAGES BY $3.2 BILLION

With nearly 1.8 million New Yorkers earning the minimum wage or just above this rate, or 20 percent of all workers across the state, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrands effort would increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $10.10 over the next three years. Senator Gillibrand is pushing to pass the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2013, legislation she is an original co-sponsor of that would boost the incomes of an estimated 1.8 million New York workers, according to the Economic Policy Institute, and generate an estimated $3.2 billion in wage increases for New York workers, causing new consumer spending at New York businesses. A majority of the lowest wage earners in New York who would benefit from an increase, or about 90 percent, are adult workers, not teenagers in after-school and seasonal jobs. 54 percent of low-wage New Yorkers who would see increased wages under this proposal are women, many with children, and about half are minorities.

County Statistics for New York City: In New York City, there were an average of nearly 3.6 million workers, over 780,000 of which would benefit from this increase in minimum wage, benefitting approximately 21% of workers. # of Workers Benefitting from $10.10 Increase 141,900 235,200 142,000 224,600 37,500 % of Workers Benefitting Per County 29.7% 23.3% 16.6% 21.8% 16.9%

COUNTY Bronx Kings New York Queens Richmond

Average # of Workers in 2011 478,400 1,011,300 853,300 1,028,000 221,300

County Statistics for Western New York: In Western New York, there were an average of nearly 700,000 workers, over 140,000 of which would benefit from this increase in minimum wage, benefitting approximately 21% of workers. # of Workers Benefitting from $10.10 Increase 4,300 8,000 13,600 90,500 22,600 3,800 % of Workers Benefitting Per County 19.8% 21.7% 23.4% 21.3% 22.4% 20.5%

COUNTY Allegany Cattaraugus Chautauqua Erie Niagara Wyoming

Average # of Workers in 2011 21,700 36,800 58,000 424,100 100,900 18,500

County Statistics for Rochester-Finger Lakes Region: In the Rochester Finger Lakes Region, there were an average of nearly 600,000 workers, nearly 120,000 of which would benefit from this increase in minimum wage, benefitting approximately 20% of workers. # of Workers Benefitting from $10.10 Increase 6,000 5,700 70,900 10,300 3,900 3,300 7,200 9,000 2,600 % of Workers Benefitting Per County 20.3% 19.3% 20.9% 19.8% 22.5% 21.3% 13.8% 20.7% 21.3%

COUNTY Genesee Livingston Monroe Ontario Orleans Seneca Tompkins Wayne Yates

Average # of Workers in 2011 29,600 29,600 339,000 52,100 17,300 15,500 52,100 43,400 12,200

County Statistics for Central New York: In Central New York, there were an average of over 500,000 workers, over 100,000 of which would benefit from this increase in minimum wage, benefitting approximately 20.0% of workers. Average # of Workers in 2011 37,400 22,000 28,300 33,000 99,000 209,800 51,600 28,900 # of Workers Benefitting from $10.10 Increase 7,200 4,200 6,000 6,000 22,700 42,600 11,100 5,900 % of Workers Benefitting Per County 19.3% 19.1% 21.2% 18.2% 22.9% 20.3% 21.5% 20.4%

COUNTY Cayuga Cortland Herkimer Madison Oneida Onondaga Oswego Otsego

County Statistics for the Southern Tier: In the Southern Tier, there were on average nearly 240,000 workers, nearly 55,000 of which would benefit from this increase in minimum wage, benefitting approximately 23% of workers. # of Workers Benefitting from $10.10 Increase 20,400 8,600 5,000 4,500 1,900 9,600 4,800 % of Workers Benefitting Per County 23.7% 23.3% 22.1% 23% 20.7% 23.9% 21%

COUNTY Broome Chemung Chenango Delaware Schuyler Steuben Tioga

Average # of Workers in 2011 85,900 36,900 22,600 19,600 9,200 40,200 22,900
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County Statistics for the Capital Region: In the Capital Region, there were on average over 560,000 workers, over 110,000 of which would benefit from this increase in minimum wage, benefitting approximately 20% of workers. # of Workers Benefitting from $10.10 Increase 27,100 5,800 5,200 4,600 5,300 14,100 18,700 14,600 2,700 7,100 5,700 % of Workers Benefitting Per County 19% 20.6% 21.6% 21.3% 24.8% 18.7% 17.3% 21.3% 19.3% 21.7% 19.2%

COUNTY Albany Columbia Fulton Greene Montgomery Rensselaer Saratoga Schenectady Schoharie Warren Washington

Average # of Workers in 2011 143,000 28,100 24,100 21,600 21,400 75,400 108,000 68,500 14,000 32,700 29,700

County Statistics for the North Country: In the North Country, there were on average over 170,000 workers, nearly 38,000 of which would benefit from this increase in minimum wage, benefitting approximately 22% of workers. # of Workers Benefitting from $10.10 Increase 7,700 7,700 4,400 600 9,400 2,200 9,600 % of Workers Benefitting Per County 22.4% 22.4% 21.7% 21.4% 21.3% 19.5% 22.1%

COUNTY Clinton Essex Franklin Hamilton Jefferson Lewis St. Lawrence

Average # of Workers in 2011 34,300 16,000 20,300 2,800 44,200 11,300 43,400

County Statistics for the Hudson Valley: In the Hudson Valley, there were on average over 1 million workers, nearly 200,000 of which would benefit from this increase in minimum wage, benefitting approximately 18% of workers. # of Workers Benefitting from $10.10 Increase 23,400 28,800 7,500 24,600 7,000 16,700 76,300 % of Workers Benefitting Per County 17.4% 18% 14.9% 16.9% 22.4% 20.7% 17.3%

COUNTY Dutchess Orange Putnam Rockland Sullivan Ulster Westchester

Average # of Workers in 2011 134,400 160,300 50,500 145,700 31,200 80,500 440,600

County Statistics for Long Island: On Long Island, there were on average nearly 1.4 million workers, over 240,000 of which would benefit from this increase in minimum wage, benefitting approximately 18% of workers. # of Workers Benefitting from $10.10 Increase 115,000 125,500 % of Workers Benefitting Per County 18.1% 17.4%

COUNTY Nassau Suffolk

Average # of Workers in 2011 635,900 721,300

Sources: Economic Policy Institute, and the Fiscal Policy Institute.