[dirtboy]

And it's always good to read past the first paragraph. This was further down in the report:

Federal government average weekly wages increased by 5.9 percent over the year.

Oh, that's great - the fedgov probably amounted to the strong majority of the overall increase in average wages. Which means productive workers in the private sector most definitely did not keep up with inflation on an average basis.

[Southack]

"means productive workers in the private sector most definitely did not keep up with inflation on an average basis"

What are you claiming was the rate of inflation for last year?