The mission of the Economic Policy Institute is to provide high-quality research and education in order to promote a prosperous, fair, and sustainable economy. The Institute stresses real world analysis and a concern for the living standards of working people, and it makes its findings accessible to the general public, the media, and policy makers.

"The EBRI mission is to contribute to, to encourage, and to enhance the development of sound employee benefit programs and public policy through objective research and education." (About information from EBRI website). Fast facts section has a wide variety of benefits-related statistics such as employer spending on benefits, assets in retirement plans, etc. They also perform an annual Retirement Confidence Survey and Health Confidence Survey.