Tag: wages
The working poor need help
Bloomberg recently reported on some interesting new data from the Economic Policy Institute. The percent of Americans earning poverty wages – pay that would...
Brookings Institution: Median wage adjusted for cost of living and income...
PROVIDENCE – The median wage for a worker in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area, when adjusted for cost of living, and federal and state...
Why execs are playing down possibility of raises
Corporate executives speaking at a Federal Reserve event recently ruled out broad pay raises for workers. Maybe that’s a hint companies do not intend...
Stop whining about ‘skills gap’
There are about 6.5 million job openings in the U.S., a record high. The number of people looking for work without success is falling...
Study: U.S. has highest pay for women in technology
PROVIDENCE – Germany-based web developer job-platform site Honeypot has released its 2018 Women in Tech Index, showing the United States offering some of the...
Big companies are in control
A recent report by Goldman Sachs’ global research team highlights a new study showing that large, dominant, superstar companies are paying lower wages and...
The real reason Walmart raised its minimum wage
“Walmart workers” used to be a handy synonym for “low-paid.” But over the past few years, the company has steadily raised the wage it...
Cut corporate taxes to boost growth
Like so many things in Washington, the debate over the effects of cutting the corporate tax rate has become too hot for its own...
Take a pay cut, help the economy
The U.S. unemployment rate is hovering around a 16-year low. Job openings are near a record high. So why is it possible to argue...
BLS: Average hourly wage for Prov. metro 3% above national average
In May 2016, workers in the Providence-Warwick Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average hourly wage of $24.57, roughly 3 percent higher than the national...
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