US low-income workers gain ground. Finally.

Posted on AllSides January 7th, 2020
From The Center
income inequality, economic policy

A counter trend to rising inequality: Low-wage workers are seeing bigger raises than high-wage earners.

Anew year has arrived with pay raises in store for many of the lowest-income U.S. workers. Wages have actually been growing faster for the bottom quarter of U.S. earners than for other income groups – a positive sign in an economy that has been defined in recent decades by widening inequality.

A worker shortage has forced many employers to raise pay. Our chart package below shows the progress, and it illustrates another key reason: Many...

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