> Average hourly wages doesn't take into account workers' increase in benefits. I can't help but feel /r/badecon's rebuttal is dishonest. For many people benef

> Average hourly wages doesn't take into account workers' increase in benefits. I can't help but feel /r/badecon's rebuttal is dishonest. For many people benefits haven't increased, so the fact that it is excluded is a non-issue. E.g. The growing number of workers who are kept below full time hours to avoid being given fulltime benefits as one of many examples I could list. Regardless, if it is accurate I'm very curious what the growing employer benefits has been.