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January 13, 2025
The skills opportunity
Job reports move markets because they’re the strongest signal economists have about the strength of the U.S. economy. But worker productivity is just as important to economic growth; it’s just harder to measure or capture.
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December 10, 2024
The shrinking value of tips
by Jeff Nezaj
Consumers complain about tip fatigue, but as base pay rises, gratuities are a smaller piece of the pie at sit-down restaurants.
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November 14, 2024
High-paying jobs? They’re a dime a dozen
More than a million people in the United States earn $500,000 or more, and they might be closer to home than you think.
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September 10, 2024
Wage garnishments were on the rise. Then the pandemic hit.
by Jeff Nezaj
Wage garnishments have been falling, and half of that trend is due to a drop in student loan debt garnishments.
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May 2, 2024
Low-wage workers saw big pay jumps after the pandemic. High earners did even better.
by Liv Wang • Nela Richardson, Ph.D.
The lowest earners, those people in the first or bottom quartile, had the largest percentage growth in annual pay gains over the last three years.
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March 11, 2024
With teachers, the law of supply and demand isn’t working
by Jeff Nezaj
We use ADP data to look at teacher supply and demand, and how that tracks with teacher salary competitiveness.
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