Better Benefits Are Outpacing Bigger Salaries

Report: Introduction to Benefits Cliffs and Public Assistance Programs

Sometimes the cliff effect looks more like a slope or plateau. When lost benefits outpace a wage increase, many families “park” or fall off ...

One thing: Wages outpace inflation - Empower

Wages underpin the bulk of spending throughout the economy, so more money for workers means the post-pandemic economic resilience in the U.S. ...

Nice raise. Too bad about inflation. - Vox

Raising wages is the most straightforward approach. Some 44 percent of companies — substantially more than it's been in the six years Payscale has been ...

Salaries in technology outpace other professions - HRZone

... salaries higher. “In the year ahead, businesses ... “However, one of the biggest ... salary increases over the next year, which will be prioritised over standard ...

CEOs make nearly 200 times more than other workers and their pay ...

CEOs make nearly 200 times more than other workers and their pay hikes keep outpacing employees. It's an 'outrage,' a top advisor says.

Study: Wages Are Still Losing In The Post-Pandemic Inflation Race

“There's a lot of reasons workers switch jobs that aren't tied primarily to compensation,” she adds. “It could be a better shift, a better team, ...

Biden touts higher wages: Here's how paychecks have changed

Last month, real hourly wages rose 1.4% compared to a year earlier · From April 2021 to April 2023, inflation outpaced hourly wage growth · Per ...

Have wages exceeded inflation under Joe Biden? It depends

Wages have outpaced inflation over the past year ... Consumer price index and average hourly earnings for all private employees, compared to their ...

Myth Busting: The Productivity–Pay Gap (2022) - Clockify

Another research points out an even larger gap for minimum wage workers, and estimates the following — had the wage growth kept pace with productivity, average ...

How Raising the Minimum Wage Might Affect Your Business - Indeed

Minimum wage and base pay increases come with a host of benefits, such as better productivity in the workplace, but they can also have some downsides.

2025 Compensation Trends Your Organization Should Know About

If unemployment remains increases above 4%, we anticipate employers having to maintain more modest compensation budgets, and anticipate 3% to 4% ...

Oakland employee compensation grew 2.5 times faster than inflation ...

Since 2013, Oakland grew employee compensation by $411M. That's $184M more than needed to keep pace with inflation. It far exceeds raises of other California ...

Federal Employees Outpace Private in Wages and Benefits

Federal employees outpace those in the private sector when it comes to wages and benefits, except for those workers with advanced degrees, ...

The case for job hopping - BBC

... biggest salary gains. In the US, an analysis of 18 million worker salaries showed the wages of job switchers in 2021 outpaced those who ...

A comprehensive review of the most absurd benefits in the AFSCME ...

And yet the state's largest government-worker union is unwilling to yield on its demands for more money and better benefits. The American Federation of State, ...

Premiums continue to outpace inflation and workers' wages

The Kaiser Family Foundation's 17th annual nationwide employer survey confirms what most workers are already feeling: Health care costs are ...

Public Employee Pay Gains Outpace Private Sector

There is a widening gap between the total compensation (pay and benefits) of state/local government workers and private sector employees, ...

Why Public Employee Pay Probably Won't Keep Up With Inflation

It's possible that the lame-duck Congress could boost that number by a fraction, but even federal workers' unions expect COLAs of no more than ...

Have workers gotten a raise? - Brookings Institution

All four pay measures have increased since the end of 2022, deflated by either inflation measure. Whether nominal pay continues to outpace ...

Large Pay Gains Outpace State Minimum-Wage Boosts for ... - WSJ

More than half the states in the U.S. are set to lift their minimum wages in the coming year, but the effects could be muted because many ...