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Appendix: Howard County Minimum Wage

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Appendix: Detailed Impact Estimates

Howard County, MD, 2026 Minimum Wage Impacts by Selected Worker Characteristics
  Workers Experiencing Wage Increase 2026 Wage Increase (2020 $)
  Total Workers Total % of Group Group % of Total Total Average Annual
  Total 161,000 40,000 25% 100% $43 million $1,070
 
Gender Men 87,800 18,300 21% 46% $20 million $1,110
  Women 73,200 21,700 30% 54% $22 million $1,040
 
Age 16 to 24 22,900 14,200 62% 36% $16 million $1,160
  25 to 39 54,700 13,400 24% 34% $14 million $1,040
  40 to 54 52,800 7,000 13% 18% $6 million $870
  55 or older 30,600 5,500 18% 14% $5 million $850
 
  Under 20 7,400 5,000 68% 13% $4 million $750
  20 or older 153,600 35,000 23% 88% $38 million $1,100
 
Race / Ethnicity White 91,200 15,100 17% 38% $14 million $940
  Black 34,400 11,400 33% 29% $14 million $1,250
  Latinx 15,000 7,700 51% 19% $8 million $1,070
  Asian/Pacific Islander 15,500 3,800 25% 10% $3 million $670
  All others 5,000 2,100 42% 5% $2 million $810
 
  Workers of color 69,800 24,900 36% 62% $29 million $1,150
 
Family Status Married parents 45,200 6,700 15% 17% $6 million $870
  Single parents 10,700 3,500 33% 9% $4 million $1,090
  Married, no children 44,000 7,100 16% 18% $7 million $980
  Unmarried, no children 61,100 22,700 37% 57% $26 million $1,130
 
  Parents 53,800 8,700 16% 22% $9 million $1,010
 
Full Time / Part Time Status Part time 14,600 7,900 54% 20% $4 million $560
Mid time 18,600 9,100 49% 23% $8 million $880
Full time 127,900 23,000 18% 58% $29 million $1,260
 
Education Less than high school 10,000 5,900 59% 15% $6 million $1,100
  High school 32,200 14,400 45% 36% $16 million $1,100
  Some college, no degree 32,400 12,100 37% 30% $12 million $970
  Associates degree 10,900 3,000 28% 8% $3 million $940
  Bachelors degree or higher 75,600 4,600 6% 12% $3 million $690
 
  College graduates 86,500 7,600 9% 19% 6,008,000 $790
 
Family Income Less than $25,000 9,500 7,100 75% 18% $9 million $1,330
  $25,000 to $49,999 18,500 8,400 45% 21% $9 million $1,030
  $50,000 to $74,999 22,300 6,300 28% 16% $6 million $1,000
  $75,000 to $99,999 21,300 5,100 24% 13% $5 million $1,060
  $100,000 to $149,999 32,600 5,700 17% 14% $6 million $1,040
  $150,000 or more 56,500 7,100 13% 18% $7 million $970
Source: Economic Policy Institute Minimum Wage Simulation Model; see Technical Methodology by Dave Cooper, Zane Mokhiber, and Ben Zipperer. https://www.epi.org/publication/minimum-wage-simulation-model-technical-methodology/

Notes:

  • Census surveys currently require respondents to identify themselves as either male or female, precluding impact estimates for workers of other gender identities.
  • All racial groups exclude Latinx workers. Latinx workers may belong to any racial group. “All others” includes American Indian/Alaska Native workers, multiracial workers, and workers belonging to racial groups not specified in census data. Small sample size precludes reporting impacts for these groups individually.
  • Part-time workers are those who usually work less than 20 hours per week. Mid-time workers usually work 20 to 34 hours per week. Full-time workers are those who usually work 35 or more hours per week.
  • All dollar figures are in 2020 dollars.
  • For groups in italics, small sample size prevents reliable estimation of wage impacts for restaurant workers. Reported wage impacts for these groups are based on non-restaurant workers only and therefore underestimate true impacts.