The headline and article content both say that it's been even, i.e. no real growth, but no backsliding either. > For most U.S. workers, real wages have barely

The headline and article content both say that it's been even, i.e. no real growth, but no backsliding either. > For most U.S. workers, real wages have barely budged in decades and > today’s real average wage (that is, the wage after accounting for inflation) has about the same purchasing power it did 40 years ago.