Wage Growth

Arthur Delaney

Are You Earning Less Than You Used To?

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: National Employment Law Project, Wage Growth, Unemployment, Gdp, Wages, Economy, Nelp, Business News

WASHINGTON -- American workers are earning more money than they used to, but the rate of wage growth has been slowing down since the Great Recession t...

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Arthur Delaney

Recovery Bummer: New Jobs Pay Less Than Jobs Lost In Recession

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 09.25.2011

Read More: National Employment Law Project, Wage Growth, Unemployment, Unemployment Rate, Wages, Great Recession, Business News

WASHINGTON -- The Great Recession destroyed all kinds of jobs, but the not-so-great recovery has so far replaced the lowest-paying jobs at a much fast...

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Amy Lee

Some On Wall Street May Go Without Bonuses This Year

HuffingtonPost.com | Amy Lee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unemployment, Wall Street Bonuses @Y:Business, Wages, Banks, Bonuses, Wall Street, Wage Growth, Business News

Not everyone on Wall Street will see a six-figure bonus this season. In fact, some employees won't receive any bonus at all. According to the New Yo...

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Overworked and Underpaid? Productivity Increases, but Wage Growth Declines

Akito Yoshikane | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Change to Win, Household Income, Wage Growth, Workers, Economic Policy Institute, Labor Day, Workplace, Economics, Workplace Flexibility, Labor Unions, Private Sector Jobs, Productivity, Business News
Akito Yoshikane

Household income for the average working family has continued to fall, but men, Latinos and those without a college education have experienced an especially sharp deceleration of wage growth since the recession

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That Joke About Intergenerational Equity

Dean Baker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Deficit, Wage Growth, Medicare, Social Security, Business News
Dean Baker

If there were ever any doubt about the absurdity of Washington economic policy debates, it was eliminated with the release of the 2010 Social Security and Medicare Trustees reports.

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Arthur Delaney

Unemployment Rate Hits 9.7 Percent As Economy Sheds 216,000 Jobs In August

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unemployment, Wages, Economy, Jobs, Wage Growth, Unemployment Rate, Recession, Business News

The national unemployment rate rose to 9.7 percent -- the highest level since June 1983 -- as the U.S. economy shed 216,000 jobs in August, the govern...

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Health Care Costs: Eroding Your Wages

The Atlantic Business Channel | By Derek Thompson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wage Growth, Health Care Costs, Income Inequality, Wages, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care, Health Care, Healthcare, Business News

This amazing graph bouncing around the web is the most striking example of why health care reform isn't just about reforming care. It's about reformin...

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Employers Slashing Hours, Resorting To Once-Unthinkable Wage Cuts

Washington Post | Annys Shin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Unemployment, Economic Crisis, Economy, Wage Growth, Recession, Wages Stagnating, Business News

Across the country, workers' earnings are stagnating or, in some cases, declining. For many Americans, the setbacks are all the more troubling because...

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Labor Dept: Solid Job Gains, Wage Growth In November

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wage Growth, Job Growth, Labor Department, Umployment Rate, Business News

Employers added a solid 94,000 jobs to their payrolls in November, the unemployment rate held steady at 4.7 percent and wages grew briskly, encouragin...

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