But wage growth peaked in February at 3.4 percent and has pulled back since then, puzzling economists. Wage growth has been backsliding this year,” tweeted economist Heidi Shierholz, senior economist at the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute. Your monthly reminder of where we are on wages: From late 2017 through late 2018, it looked like wage growth was picking up. What they mean by that is workers in non-manager roles are experiencing faster wage growth than supervisors, a welcome trend to many. “One thing that really troubles me is the pace of wage growth.

Source: Washington Post December 06, 2019 16:36 UTC