[T.B. Yoits]

If "America’s White-Collar Workers See Pay Rise At Fastest Pace In More Than 20 Years" but it's still slower than the pace of headline inflation, then the non-propaganda statement is "America's white-collar workers see pay decline."

Any change in pay less than inflation is a cut in pay.

[JayGalt]

Exactly. That is the correct headline; it just doesn’t sell the narrative.