• inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    While I don’t disagree that the BLS has some issues with calculations they tend to just lump everyone in the overall report, they do provide a breakdown of non-supervisor wages.

    https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0500000030

    Wages increase by 17% across for tank and file.

    Another study from last year that looked at a breakdown from that and found low wage workers wages increased by 12%

    https://www.epi.org/publication/swa-wages-2023/

    But again, when inflation, everyday Americans don’t feel like they’re actually making headway, which I can understand because I’ve been there growing up and Democrats need to be a lot move vocal about that and talk to the working American about that