GOP Tax Bill Scams Minimum Wage Workers
February 28, 2018
Earlier this month, Speaker Ryan touted a school secretary who saw only a $1.50 increase in her paycheck from the GOP tax scam. Unfortunately, millions of hard-working Americans earning the minimum wage aren't doing much better.
Thanks to the GOP tax scam, corporations are pocketing a tax break worth over $100 billion this year alone, and the average person in the wealthiest 1 percent is getting a $51,000 tax cut every year. But here's a state-by-state look, using the Tax Policy Center's Tax Calculator, at what an unmarried worker without kids working a full-time minimum wage job can expect from the GOP tax scam in their paychecks:
- In the 21 states with the federal minimum wage, these workers are receiving only $5.50 more in each biweekly paycheck.
- In 37 states, these workers are receiving less than $6.00 more in each biweekly paycheck.
- In 47 states, these workers are receiving less than $9.00 more in each biweekly paycheck.
| State | Statewide Minimum Wage | Annual Income | GOP Tax Scam Payout in Twice a Month Paycheck |
| Alabama | $7.25 | $15,080.00 | $5.50 |
| Alaska | $9.84 | $20,467.20 | $6.25 |
| Arizona | $10.50 | $21,840.00 | $8.83 |
| Arkansas | $8.50 | $17,680.00 | $5.63 |
| California | $11.00 | $22,880.00 | $10.13 |
| Colorado | $10.20 | $21,216.00 | $7.79 |
| Connecticut | $10.10 | $21,008.00 | $7.38 |
| D.C. | $12.50 | $26,000.00 | $14.00 |
| Delaware | $8.25 | $17,160.00 | $5.63 |
| Florida | $8.25 | $17,160.00 | $5.63 |
| Georgia | $7.25 | $15,080.00 | $5.50 |
| Hawaii | $10.10 | $21,008.00 | $7.38 |
| Idaho | $7.25 | $15,080.00 | $5.50 |
| Illinois | $8.25 | $17,160.00 | $5.63 |
| Indiana | $7.25 | $15,080.00 | $5.50 |
| Iowa | $7.25 | $15,080.00 | $5.50 |
| Kansas | $7.25 | $15,080.00 | $5.50 |
| Kentucky | $7.25 | $15,080.00 | $5.50 |
| Louisiana | $7.25 | $15,080.00 | $5.50 |
| Maine | $10.00 | $20,800.00 | $6.96 |
| Maryland | $9.25 | $19,240.00 | $5.63 |
| Massachusetts | $11.00 | $22,880.00 | $10.13 |
| Michigan | $9.25 | $19,240.00 | $5.63 |
| Minnesota | $9.65 | $20,072.00 | $5.63 |
| Mississippi | $7.25 | $15,080.00 | $5.50 |
| Missouri | $7.85 | $16,328.00 | $5.63 |
| Montana | $8.30 | $17,264.00 | $5.63 |
| Nebraska | $9.00 | $18,720.00 | $5.63 |
| Nevada | $8.25 | $17,160.00 | $5.63 |
| New Hampshire | $7.25 | $15,080.00 | $5.50 |
| New Jersey | $8.60 | $17,888.00 | $5.63 |
| New Mexico | $7.50 | $15,600.00 | $5.63 |
| New York | $10.40 | $21,634.08 | $8.54 |
| North Carolina | $7.25 | $15,080.00 | $5.50 |
| North Dakota | $7.25 | $15,080.00 | $5.50 |
| Ohio | $8.30 | $17,264.00 | $5.63 |
| Oklahoma | $7.25 | $15,080.00 | $5.50 |
| Oregon | $10.25 | $21,322.70 | $8.04 |
| Pennsylvania | $7.25 | $15,080.00 | $5.50 |
| Rhode Island | $10.10 | $21,008.00 | $7.38 |
| South Carolina | $7.25 | $15,080.00 | $5.50 |
| South Dakota | $8.85 | $18,408.00 | $5.63 |
| Tennessee | $7.25 | $15,080.00 | $5.50 |
| Texas | $7.25 | $15,080.00 | $5.50 |
| Utah | $7.25 | $15,080.00 | $5.50 |
| Vermont | $10.50 | $21,840.00 | $8.83 |
| Virginia | $7.25 | $15,080.00 | $5.50 |
| Washington | $11.50 | $23,920.00 | $11.42 |
| West Virginia | $8.75 | $18,200.00 | $5.63 |
| Wisconsin | $7.25 | $15,080.00 | $5.50 |
| Wyoming | $7.25 | $15,080.00 | $5.50 |
Methodology: (state minimum wage x 40 hours a week x 52 weeks a year) Tax Policy Center Calculator = Annual federal tax cut, divided by 24 paychecks a year.