[SeekAndFind]

Closer to the ground, though, many workers have been left out of the economic recovery as paychecks have been about flat compared with inflation. While that may be hard to change as more get back in the game, the participation trend could be indicative that wages actually are coming up enough to encourage sidelined workers.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Remember, the liberal view is that these trends have nothing to do with Trump policies or the tax bill.

The liberal view, is that Obama presided over economic stagnation, but planted seeds of economic development which are sprouting only now.

[alancarp]

Liberals will really have a cow when the unemployment rate goes negative.

[Alberta's Child]

Paychecks might be flat but that doesn’t mean compensation is flat. The increase in costs of employee benefits over the last ten years has been staggering.

[xzins]

I see the reality of it in our newspapers around here. Full of jobs. Many of them good jobs.

[Fedora]

Labor force participation: that stat the MSM never talked about when Obama was touting his unemployment rate “achievement”.

[Crucial]

It took quite a lot to get people back to work. We were really looking into the economic abyss.

[tcrlaf]

As illegals go home, wages will go up. In the Midwest, (outside of Dem-controlled Illinois) it is an employees market right now.

Even the Chik-fil-A near the office is offering 14.50 to START, and cannot find enough help.

The use of Trump’s magnificent Magic Wand is even causing retail employment to begin rising, as well!

[I want the USA back]

democrat heads cracking. Did you notice that at no time did Trump blame the situation he inherited on his predecessor? He just rushed in and solved the problem.

Bammy refused to do anything about the job problem, blaming it on Bush.

[central_va]

"If we continue this type of [payrolls] growth this is going to be the catalyst for a wage spike."

Gee, how horrible! Rising wages in the USA? Terrible. /sacrasm