Tag: wages and salaries
Wages jump by the most on records dating back 20 years
WASHINGTON (AP) – Wages and salaries jumped in the three months ending in September by the most on records that date back 20 years...
Worker pay rises strongly as businesses fight to fill jobs
WASHINGTON (AP) – United States wages and salaries rose at a healthy pace in the three months ended in June as employers competed to...
Sign of inequality: U.S. salaries recover even as jobs haven’t
WASHINGTON (AP) – In a stark sign of the economic inequality that has marked the pandemic recession and recovery, Americans as a whole are...
Total compensation in region increases 3.5% in 2019
PROVIDENCE – Total compensation in the Boston-Worcester-Providence, Mass.-R.I.-N.H.-Conn., Census Statistical Area increased 3.5% year over year in 2019, according to the Bureau of Labor...
Compensation costs in Boston-Worcester-Providence area increase 2.7% Y/Y in Sept.
PROVIDENCE – Total compensation for private-industry workers, including wages, salaries and employer costs for employee benefits, increased 2.7% year over year in September in...
N.E. hourly compensation costs in March were $41.13
PROVIDENCE – Private employer compensation costs were $41.13 per hour in New England in March, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics this...
Report: Boston-Worcester-Providence metro area sees 2.5% increase in worker compensation costs...
PROVIDENCE – Total compensation costs for private industry workers in the Boston-Worcester-Providence, Mass.-R.I.-N.H.-Conn., Consolidated Statistical Area increased a nonseasonally-adjusted 2.5% year over year in...
N.E. employer compensation costs highest in nation at end of 2018
PROVIDENCE – Compensation costs per hour worked for private employers in New England was $40.80 in December, compared with $40.38 one year prior, according...
U.S. employment costs accelerate in sign of faster inflation
NEW YORK - United States employment costs increased more than forecast in the first quarter as worker pay and benefits accelerated, according to Labor Department...
U.S. consumer spending gain lags behind income for second month
NEW YORK - Consumer spending lagged behind income growth for a second month in February, showing American households were taking a breather after a late-2017...