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Median is also up: Median weekly earnings of the nation's 121.0 million full-time wage and salary workers were $1,235 in the first quarter of 2026 (not seasona
by WillPostForFood 4mo ago
Median is also up:
Median weekly earnings of the nation's 121.0 million full-time wage and salary workers were $1,235 in the first quarter of 2026 (not seasonally adjusted), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. This was 3.4 percent higher than a year earlier, compared with a gain of 2.7 percent in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) over the same period.
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/wkyeng.pdf https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/wkyeng.pdf
- 5701652400 4mo agowonder how much of it is K-shaped. if is payouts for execs, capital gains and alike are boosting aggregate.
- munificent 4mo agoMedian specifically avoids outliers at both ends of the continuum like that.
- emp17344 4mo agoAlways an excuse, huh? Both mean and median wages are up. Sorry this doesn’t suit your narrative.
- cshores 4mo agoDude, inflation is eating away at any gains from the 3% yearly wage bump. Like in the last 5 years, the cost of goods and services has nearly doubled.
- nobodyandproud 4mo agoWhat is the employment rate between the two quarters? Edit: 4.2% (2025) vs 4.3% (2026). https://fred.stlouisfed.org/data/UNRATE https://fred.stlouisfed.org/data/UNRATE