The increase in the typical worker’s pay has risen 2.9% in the past year, marking the highest level since the end of the Great Recession in mid-2009.
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How is 2.9% gonna bring the middle class out of the poverty they’re in? They’re losing to inflation regardless.
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Average Hourly Earnings in Aug: $27.16
↑ 2.9% from same period last year
↑ 0.4% from last month
source: dept of labor, charts hcw68.app.goo.gl/urpX