Impact

DESPITE BIGGER PAYCHECKS, STRUGGLING FAMILIES ON LONG ISLAND CONTINUE TO INCREASE

New ALICE in the Crosscurrents: An Update on Financial Hardship Shows Wage Growth was No Match for Inflation

Though wages for the lowest paid jobs have risen across the country at the fastest rate in four decades, the number of households struggling to get by in New York grew by nearly 183,000 from 2021 to 2022. As a result, a total of over 3.5 million households or 46% were living paycheck to paycheck according to a new update from United Way of Long Island and its research partner United for ALICE.