According to the Social Security Administration, the actual numbers for the average U.S. annual wage last year was $53,383, and the median wage was $34,612.
Labor
Man Pleads Guilty To Slavery Charges–Paid Worker $13.60 A Day And Forced Him To Live In A Shed
Officers explained that a separate shed provided for Mr. Swailes’s family dog was “in a far better state” than the tiny, dark, unheated shed given to his worker.
The Vast Majority Of PPP Loans Went To Wealthy Households And Business Owners: Study
The economists suggest the US prepare a “sophisticated administrative system,” similar to other high-income countries that wield more efficient emergency financial programs.
Inflation Gave The Average Worker A 2.4% Pay Cut Last Year — Despite The Rise In Wages
“In what was the best year for wage growth that we have seen in many, many years, it still comes up as a loss for many households,” said the chief financial analyst for Bankrate.
Junior Shares Graph Showing Biden Creating Tons More Jobs Than His Daddy Did — Math Is Hard
Biden’s bar towers over former presidents Obama, Bush, and Clinton with a monthly average of over 550,000, while Trump is the only one on the list to have a minus figure.
4.5 Million Americans Said “I Quit” In November — Especially In The Lower-Wage Sectors
“The historic rates of quitting continued through the end of 2021,” said the director of research at Indeed Hiring Lab, referencing the eye-popping numbers.
Bill Gates Used To Memorize License Plates Of Every Single Employee To Track Them? Seriously?
“I knew everybody’s license plates so I could look out in the parking lot and see when did people come in [and] when were they leaving,” Gates admitted to the BBC.
Is Facebook Paying A “Brand Tax” To Attract Tech Workers Afraid Of Being Tarnished By Scandal?
A former Oculus engineer said Facebook could now be seen as a “black mark” on someone’s career, and a hardware engineer who quit in 2020 shared similar fears.
Boss Sued For Almost $37K After He Paid Worker With A Massive Pile Of Oil-Soaked Pennies
“If I’ve done my math correctly, 91,515 pennies should come out to be about – at two and a half grams each – about 504lbs,” Mr. Flaten informed Fox 5.
Jerome Powell Destroys The Idea That Paying Workers More Is Fueling The Current Inflation
“Wages are not a big part of the high inflation story that we’re seeing,” Powell insisted, saying the jump “has not been a major contributor” to this year’s inflation.
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