The article states that to be the case, for some.
In the past eight years my husband's income has increased by a third, due to his hard work and willingness to be gainfully employed while providing for a family.
That's great, for you, your husband, your family. In the last two years, I've had to take on two jobs, had three but found I needed sleep and had to give one up, my wife of 27 years had to take on a full time job for the first time in our life together, my 26 year old fresh out of the Airforce daughter, who has a full time job, had to move back in with us, and my household income is still off by one third.
We see this as a good pay off.
We don't. Blackbird.
You example shows that economy is growing, number of jobs is growing, productivity is growing and labor costs are lower. Excellent news (for some)!
I'm not saying ANY of this was just a walk in the park. My husband had to complete 9 1/2 years in the Navy. But this gave him valuable training. Then, we moved four times in four years. For four months of which my husband was stationed in Hawaii and I was left in KY with a newborn. We moved from VA, to KY, to OH, to GA. My husband was more than happy to seek out jobs, learn his way, make the sacrifice of moving his family around, earn valuable skills, change employers. ALL of this was done with one goal... financial stability for his family.
I'm sorry that you don't see that his risks brought us rewards. I thank him for all of his sacrifices. He puts us first.