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Patrick Wade

GSR, Low-Wage Work Program

Program Area

Low-Wage Work

About Patrick

Patrick is a graduate student researcher (GSR) in the Low-Wage Work Program and a current Ph.D. student in sociology at UC Davis. His research focuses on the intersection of public policy, inequality, and organizations, with the goal of identifying policies that can promote greater equity within labor markets. He has experience designing and administering surveys, as well as applying qualitative methods and natural language processing (NLP) techniques to study large volumes of text.

Before starting graduate school, Patrick worked as a senior business analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and as a policy and markets analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, where he contributed to the Survey of Primary Dealers and Survey of Market Participants. Patrick holds a bachelor’s degree in finance with a minor in economics from Santa Clara University.

September 1, 2026 - 
Savannah Hunter,Enrique Lopezlira,Jenifer MacGillvary,Patrick Wade,Justin McBride,Chris Zepeda-Millán,Marissa Brookes,Ellen Reese,Jason Whisler,Iza Camarillo,Elda Solomon UgochukwuandRalph Armbruster-Sandoval

State of the Unions: California Labor in 2025

A report from the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, including research from the UC Berkeley Labor Center. This edition of the “State of the Unions” report offers readers insight into how California unions are faring in the face of an unfriendly federal administration, a militarized deportation campaign, and a continuing cost-of-living crisis.

August 25, 2025 - 
Savannah Hunter,Enrique Lopezlira,Patrick Wade,Jesús “Chuy" Flores,Cristhian Lin,Justin McBride,David Mickey-Pabello,Ellen ReeseandChris Zepeda-Millán

State of the Unions: California Labor in 2024

The report State of the Unions: California Labor in 2024 provides a snapshot of the California labor movement at a time of dramatic political and economic shifts nationwide. Led by researchers at the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE) and the UC Berkeley Labor Center, the report analyzes the most recent publicly available data on union density, member demographics, and labor organizing activity in California and the nation.