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I live in suburban Pennsylvania, we have lots and lots of warehouses and we've been seeing billboards announcing unusually high hourly wages, the highest I've s

I live in suburban Pennsylvania, we have lots and lots of warehouses and we've been seeing billboards announcing unusually high hourly wages, the highest I've seen is up to $27 per hour, here's a local news story: https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/business/2021/10/uline-luring-workers-in-lehigh-county-with-25-hourly-wages-and-2k-sign-on-bonuses.html https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/business/2021/10/uline-luri... I think this is fantastic and I hope it lasts.

bpodgursky 5y ago
It's only fantastic if $27 is in 2019 dollars, not 2021 dollars.
- jeroenhd 5y ago
  $27 in 2021 is still over $25 in 2019 [0]. That's a lot better than the minimum of $14 or the standard $20 for skilled wood workers that another comment mentioned. Inflation may be high today in the USA (as much as 5.8% this year) but it'll take a while until these numbers become as drastic as many news outlets make them appear. [0] https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=27&year1=202109&year2=201909 https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl?cost1=27&year1=20210...
  - bpodgursky 5y ago
    Real inflation is not 5.8%. Houses are up like 30%. Gas too.
moron4hire 5y ago
That's... almost exactly the inflation adjustment for what they've always paid. I made $15/hr entry level at one in central PA as a summer job between semesters in college 20 years ago. Minimum wage was $5.15 at the time. It was better pay than my first tech job (QA testing, $11/hr) and I seriously considered going back for a while. But I wouldn't call it "fantastic".