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The median would be interesting than the mean, as you can be hollowing out the middle, leaving more low-wage workers and a few very highly paid ones and the "av
by markstos 3mo ago
The median would be interesting than the mean, as you can be hollowing out the middle, leaving more low-wage workers and a few very highly paid ones and the "average" still looks good.
- WillPostForFood 3mo agoMedian 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 3mo agowonder how much of it is K-shaped. if is payouts for execs, capital gains and alike are boosting aggregate.
- munificent 3mo agoMedian specifically avoids outliers at both ends of the continuum like that.
- emp17344 3mo agoAlways an excuse, huh? Both mean and median wages are up. Sorry this doesn’t suit your narrative.
- cshores 3mo 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 3mo 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