US Workers Made Only 8 Cents More Per Hour, Inflation-Adjusted, Than In January 1973 (While Real Home Prices Soar)
by confoundedinterest17 The US Bureau of Labor Statistics released their Real Earnings Report for August yesterday. And is it pretty depressing for US workers. Real average hourly earnings for all employees increased 0.4 percent from July to August, seasonally adjusted. This result stems from an increase of 0.6 percent in average hourly earnings combined with an increase of … Read more