CHART BOOK ON WAGES, OPERATING COSTS, AND COST OF LIVING

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1 CHART BOOK ON WAGES, OPERATING COSTS, AND COST OF LIVING FOR TAXICAB DRIVERS IN NEW YORK CITY Prepared for the Taxi Workers Alliance by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law

2 Current and Proposed Hourly Wages for Taxi Workers, and Other Wage Benchmarks, in 2002 dollars $25.00 $20.10 $20.00 $15.00 $11.74 $13.83 $10.00 $6.73 $5.81 $5.15 $5.00 $0.00 Current taxi worker wage Taxi worker wage under MTBOT proposal Taxi worker wage under NYTWA proposal Minimum wage Median hourly wage for New York City Self-sufficiency wage for 2 adults and 2 children in Queens Notes: Estimates for current and proposed taxi worker wages are based on average lease rates, average bookings per shift, and average fuel costs. The minimum wage is the current state minimum hourly wage. The median hourly wage for New York City is taken from Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) and adjusted using the CPI-All Urban Consumers Series for NY-NJ-CT-PA. The self-sufficiency wage is taken from: D. Pearce and J. Brooks. (2000). The Self-Sufficiency Standard for the City of New York. New York, NY: Women's Center for Education and Career Advancement.

3 Current and Proposed Taxi Worker Wages, As a Percent of Self-Sufficiency Wage % % 28.9% Current taxi worker wage Taxi worker wage under MTBOT proposal Taxi worker wage under NYTWA proposal Estimates for current and proposed taxi worker wages are based on average lease rates, average bookings per shift, and average fuel costs. The self-sufficiency wage is taken from: D. Pearce and J. Brooks. (2000). The Self-Sufficiency Standard for the City of New York. New York, NY: Women's Center for Education and Career Advancement.

4 Driver's Operating Costs, As Percent of Total Bookings % % Current Under MTBOT proposal Under NYTWA proposal Estimates for current and proposed taxi worker wages are based on average lease rates, average bookings per shift, and average fuel costs. The self-sufficiency wage is taken from: D. Pearce and J. Brooks. (2000). The Self-Sufficiency Standard for the City of New York. New York, NY: Women's Center for Education and Career Advancement.

5 $16 $14 Typical Taxicab Fares for Major Metropolitan Areas, 2003 Typical taxicab fare $12 $10 $8 $6 $4 $2 $0 New York City Dallas New Orleans Philadelphia Atlanta Houston Chicago Los Angeles Boston San Francisco Taxi cab fare is cost of a 5-mile trip with 2 minute delay, as reported by TLC Magazine, March 2003, p. 4. Cost of Living for Major Metropolitan Areas, End of Cost of living index New York City Dallas New Orleans Philadelphia Atlanta Houston Chicago Los Angeles Boston San Francisco Cost of living is indexed to U.S. average=100, taken from ACCRA, 2002, fourth quarter (value for New York is average of Manhattan and Queens)

6 Increase in the Cost of Living, Gasoline, and Average Taxicab Fare in New York CPI - all items Index (1979=100) Average fare CPI - gasoline Consumer Price Index (CPI) is for NY-NJ-CT-PA region, All Urban Consumers. Average fare is for New York City, based on average trip of 2.47 miles with 4.6 minutes of wait time.

7 Percentage Increase in the Cost of Living, Gasoline and Average Taxicab Fare, % CPI - all items CPI - gasoline Average taxicab Consumer Price Index (CPI) is for NY-NJ-CT-PA region, All Urban Consumers. Average fare is for New York City, based on average trip of 2.47 miles with 4.6 minutes of wait time.

8 Percentage Increase in the Cost of Living, Gasoline and Average Taxicab Fare, % % 14% 12% 1 7.1% 8% 6% 4% 2% CPI - all items CPI - gasoline Average taxicab Consumer Price Index (CPI) is for NY-NJ-CT-PA region, All Urban Consumers. Average fare is for New York City, based on average trip of 2.47 miles with 4.6 minutes of wait time.