Do American Workers Have Anything To Complain About?

Do American Workers Have Anything To Complain About?

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Aptly summed, the American labor market is fine.  The baseline forecast suggests the remainder of 2016 will see moderate opportunity for workers to gain employment.

Here are 9 charts summing up the state of American labor.

American Workers - Average Wage Growth

First, here’s Average Hourly Wage Growth on a year-over-year basis.  At 2.3% year-over-year, wage growth is decent.  American workers have nothing to complain about.

With that said, it is certainly not the 1980s, 1990s, or 2000s type recovery.  It probably never will be.

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