Friday, July 25, 2025

Inflation Outpacing Wage Growth For Over 40% Of Americans

What Kinds Of Jobs Have The Fastest-Growing Wage Growth Since Last Year? Jobs in electrical engineering topped Indeed's list of fastest-growing wages with a "much higher-than-average annual advertised pay growth of 6.3%" Wage growth of electrical engineering jobs was followed by legal (5.1%), marketing (5.1%), project management (4.6%), mathematics (4.5%) and IT operations (4.4%). What Kinds Of Jobs Have The Slowest-Growing Wage Growth Since Last Year? Physicians and surgeons led the way in slowest growing wage growth with a 0.8% increase since last year, which was followed by driving jobs (1%). Other slow-growing categories include arts and entertainment (1.2%), software development (1.4%), beauty and wellness (1.6%) and logistic support (1.7%).

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Wage growth for a large swath of Americans is being outpaced by the rate of inflation, according to data from Indeed, which reported people with low- and middle-paying jobs are likely feeling the most pressure. ...




#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-07-25 11:15 PM

So I guess you are longing the good old days of BIdenomics.... ; )

#2 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-07-26 03:22 PM

The Trump administration's policies and republican legislation are going to make it worse.

#3 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-07-26 03:35 PM

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