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The American Worker's Wage Isn't Growing Much


Wage Stagnation in Nine Charts | Economic Policy Institute

Workers produced much more, but typical workers' pay lagged far behind: Disconnect between productivity and typical worker's compensation, 1948–2013 ...

Middle-class wages aren't growing. Here's why - CNBC

Between 1979 and 2024, productivity in the US soared by 80.9%, while hourly pay grew by just 29.4%, according to a research by the Economic Policy Institute.

Fastest wage growth over the last four years among historically ...

Summary: In stark contrast to prior decades, low-wage workers experienced dramatically fast real wage growth between 2019 and 2023, but many ...

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

Bankrate's 2024 Wage To Inflation Index · The job market has cooled more than expected this year · Not all workers have lost ground to inflation ...

What is going on with wage growth in the United States?

Fast wage growth is a key feature of a strong labor market. U.S. workers, and low-wage workers in particular, experienced exceptional wage ...

Why American wages haven't grown despite increases in productivity

Wages in the US have stagnated since the early 1970s. Between 1979 and 2020, workers' wages grew by 17.5% while productivity grew over three times as fast at ...

Opinion | Are American Workers' Wages Really Lagging Productivity?

“Research finds that firms with workers who are more productive pay them higher wages — with everyone from the lowest-paid to the highest-paid ...

Most U.S. workers say their pay isn't keeping up with inflation

Indeed, 55% said their incomes have not kept pace with rising costs of everyday goods and services, according to Bankrate. That includes half of ...

For most U.S. workers, real wages have barely budged in decades

Adjusted for inflation, today's average hourly wage has about as much purchasing power as it did in 1978. Most wage increases have gone to ...

Many full-time U.S. workers don't making a living wage | Fortune

Mother struggles to pay bills with child in lap. Many American workers don't make a living wage, and it's even worse for women and people of ...

What's Keeping Middle Class Salaries Low? - YouTube

Between 1979 and 2024, productivity in the U.S. soared by 80.9%, while hourly pay grew by just 29.4% during the same period.

Almost 2 in 3 workers got a pay increase this year - Bankrate

Many workers say their pay isn't keeping pace with inflation ... But the strong job market can be two-faced, especially if it contributes to ...

Why Aren't Wages Keeping Up? It's Not The Economy, It's ... - Forbes

Despite an increase in wages most recently (2.9% as of August of 2018), income inequality has increased, leading even more to feel they aren't keeping up.

Workers are finally seeing real wage gains, but millions still struggle ...

Although workers are finally staying ahead of inflation, 40% of Americans find it hard to make ends meet.

Have Wages Stagnated for Decades in the US? - AEI

See the growth of inflation-adjusted average wages for production and nonsupervisory workers, shown in Figure 1. A startling fact is that ...

Minimum Wage is Not Enough - Home - Drexel University

Because of pandemic-induced labor shortages, many industries saw modest wage increases over the past year. Annual wages grew 4.8 percent for workers earning the ...

Most American workers say wages have not kept pace with inflation

Less than one-third (29%) of American workers say their wages have kept up with or exceeded inflation in 2023, down slightly from last year.

First on CNN: Two out of three workers say prices are still rising ...

Sixty-seven percent of employees say the cost of living is outpacing growth in their salary and wages, according to a Bank of America survey shared exclusively ...

Low unemployment isn't worth much if the jobs barely pay

Their median earnings are $10.22 per hour, and about $18,000 per year. These low-wage workers are concentrated in a relatively small number of ...

How Increasing the Federal Minimum Wage Could Affect ...

In general, increasing the federal minimum wage would raise the earnings and family income of most low-wage workers and thus lift some families ...