A new analysis from the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) found that in Maine 54.1 percent of working-age poor do not work and therefore will not be affected by the state’s proposed $12 minimum wage.
The study found that in 41 states and the District of Columbia a majority of the working-age poor do not work.
The EPI studied 18- to 64-year-olds living in poverty in each state.
