The Midwest may have the lowest unemployment rate of any US region, but it's falling behind in raising wages for its workers.
Compared to the rest of the US, the Midwest is lagging in terms of real median wage growth, rising just 0.4% — or eight cents — from 2019 to 2022, new research from the left-leaning think tank Economic Policy Institute shows. This is in contrast to the nation's 3.1% median wage growth during the same period. READ MORE