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Workers across several Democratic-led states are set to ring in 2027 with another pay bump, widening an already sizable gap between state minimum wages and the federal floor of $7.25 an hour.
Washington, California and Connecticut will all raise minimum wages that already top $17 an hour beginning Jan. 1, while New Jersey and Michigan will also hike their wage floors — widening the gap with the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour. READ MORE
Wages for typical workers have been largely suppressed since the 1970s. The 10 charts below tell that story.
In the following 10 charts, we outline the historical context of workers’ wage trajectories since the 1970s. For most of those years, wages for the majority of workers were essentially stagnant. Two periods, the late 1990s and the last decade, saw decent wage growth, which kept cumulative wage growth since 1979 well above zero. But those years were the exception, not the norm. More importantly, even with those two periods, wages for typical workers lagged far behind productivity growth—meaning there was the potential for wages to rise far faster than they did. Had workers’ wages kept up with productivity, their annual earnings would have been roughly $30,000 higher. READ MORE
What do employees really want from their employers? Lavish perks, ranging from shorter workweeks to signing bonuses, are currently being used by various companies to attract workers. Companies recruiting employees, however, might want to look beyond using the carrot-and-stick approach to recruit and retain talent. READ MORE
Tied to the antiquated 2-4 week pay cycle, millions of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Nearly half (42%) of U.S. full-time workers find it hard to meet household expenses on time each month, a recent survey showed. That means if an unexpected expense occurs, like a car repair, many people are forced to carry high-interest credit card debt or succumb to payday loans, which carry upwards of 300% interest. Alarmingly, there are now more payday loan storefronts in the U.S. than McDonald’s franchises. READ MORE
Comparably just released this year's list of the companies that have the best compensation packages.
The list was based on questions involving things like raises and satisfaction with benefits.
Here are the small and midsize companies with the best compensation, according to Comparably. READ MORE
Low-wage workers are making "eye-popping" gains in their paychecks, according to Goldman Sachs.
The bank told clients in a note Thursday that low-wage-worker pay rose 5.3% year-over-year in the second quarter. For the third quarter, the data isn't complete yet, but preliminary readings are on pace for a three-decade high of 6%. READ MORE
Salary is the No. 1 factor workers use to determine which jobs to apply for, a recent CareerBuilder survey found. Yet despite the fact that 54% of workers said they use salary to determine whether or not to apply for a job, many job postings do not include salary information. And those that do sometimes use false numbers to lure in candidates — but this can backfire. The survey found that the top deal-breaker when interviewing for a job is learning the starting salary is lower than what is posted on the job description, with 48% citing this as a deal-breaker.
With these stats in mind, it’s clear that salary transparency is a major factor in attracting candidates, and it may be of even more importance given the current job climate. READ MORE
Congress will pass an embarrassing milestone on Saturday: a dozen years without so much as a penny increase to the federal minimum wage.
The wage floor set by the federal government remains just $7.25 per hour, well below a living wage everywhere in the country. A worker earning that pay with a full-time schedule would bring home an annual salary of only $15,000, hardly enough to cover basic living expenses for a single person, let alone a family. READ MORE
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