Ummmm no. Healthcare costs have gone up dramatically, completely negating the increase in benefits coverage: https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collectio

Ummmm no. Healthcare costs have gone up dramatically, completely negating the increase in benefits coverage: https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/u-s-spending-healthcare-changed-time/#item-on-a-per-capita-basis-health-spending-has-grown-substantially_2017 https://www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collection/u-s-spe... If anything, including benefits, you have less than you did at the start of the millennium. Though reading the article you linked, I'd be pretty surprised if insurance costs in the USA are not suppressing wages. In other words, the health care industry in the USA is doubly stealing from those in it. It's flat out affordable, and may be why you didn't get a raise...