real wages

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Americans with the lowest incomes saw their real wages fall in 2025, according to a study from the Economic Policy Institute, a think tank that analyzed census data.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

Overall, real wages rose slightly faster in the 12 months ended in January than in the prior 12 months.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

These range from the slowing economy, rising labor-market slack and stagnant real wages to the disinflationary — or deflationary — effect of artificial intelligence.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026

As the labor market softens, real wages are moderating.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

It is true that general satisfaction with them will be largely governed by the course of real wages after they have been in force a while.

From The Settlement of Wage Disputes by Feis, Herbert