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		will4274 on May 18, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: American life is improving for the lowest paid When you consider that it's 0.9% in the past year, and 3.2% total in the 39 years prior to that, it seems more like something to celebrate. https://www.bls.gov/news.release/realer.nr0.htm

FabHK on May 18, 2019 [–]

Agreed, though the number you cited is increase of average real weekly earnings over that year, seasonally adjusted, while the much worse numbers quoted from the article are not even median, but 10th percentile of real wages, IIRC.

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