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Wages
Sheryl Sandberg: 'We all deserve equal pay'
Apr 4, 2017
The Facebook COO and LeanIn.org founder says companies need to be transparent about how they pay employees.
Half of college graduates are earning less than they did in 2000
Mar 30, 2017
Meanwhile, the top percentile of wage earners are seeing the fastest wage growth.
US adds a robust 235,000 jobs; unemployment dips to 4.7 percent
Mar 10, 2017
It is all but certain that the Fed will raise short-term interest rates at its next meeting.
Trump's first jobs report: Are more jobs on the way?
Feb 3, 2017
The economy added more jobs in January, but unemployment ticked up slightly.
Weekly Wrap: Wages and the economic threat of Russian hacking
Jan 6, 2017
Marketplace host Lizzie O'Leary talks with Nela Richardson of Redfin and Leigh Gallagher of Fortune for the Weekly Wrap.
What rising wages look like around the U.S.
by
Donna Tam
and Mitchell Hartman
Jan 6, 2017
Wages are on the rise for the first time since President Barack Obama took office. What might this mean for inflation?
There is a patchwork of minimum wages across the U.S.
Dec 23, 2016
Congress hasn’t raised the federal minimum wage since 2009, but many states and localities have.
For public good, not for profit.
Report finds wealth gap continues into retirement
Dec 19, 2016
We hear a lot about the income gap between top executives and workers, and it turns out that gap continues after retirement, too. The Institute for Policy Studies reports the 100 CEOs with the biggest retirement plans each have anywhere from $25 million to nearly $1 billion set aside by their employers in individual pension […]
Strong job market, but not so much for workers with mid-level skills
Dec 2, 2016
Manufacturing jobs are down from October, continuing a long-term trend.
2016 wage growth: good but not great
Dec 2, 2016
The U.S. economy added 178,000 jobs in November, with the unemployment rate declining to 4.6 percent. Forecasts had predicted a net gain of around 180,000, jobs, a signal of steady hiring in the labor market. Though average hourly earnings declined last month, wages have been trending up for some time. But there’s still room for […]