U.S. Workers' Average Pay Took a Healthy Jump in July

The Motley Fool ^ | July 31, 2018 | Daniel B. Kline

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Lower-wage retail jobs in particular were among the big gainers as a tighter labor market forced employers to shell out a bit more.

After a slow start to 2018 on the pay-raise front, workers in the United States are starting to benefit from the strong economy: Wages across all jobs climbed by 2.2% year over year in July, according to data provided by Glassdoor.

"[This] is the fastest wage growth we've seen in more than a year," said Glassdoor Chief Economist Andrew Chamberlain in an email. "As employers raise wages to hire amid low unemployment across the country, it's a pace I don't expect to slow down anytime soon."

The average U.S. salary rose to $52,267 per year. July's increase was the highest wage hike in 14 months....

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At my old job we didn’t get raises for 5 out of 7 years. This was during Obama. Only when construction started coming back and the worker shortage was apparent did they panic and started giving raises. I got quite a few before I left then decided to go to another company entirely that paid better.