How It Started … How It’s Going: Inflation-adjusted hourly wages lower today than when Biden took office [Video]

Wage growth in the United States has lagged behind inflation for most of President Biden’s term in office, with average hourly pay today below what it was in January 2021. 

However, in the last year and overall since the pandemic, wage growth has outpaced inflation, a fact the White House has celebrated as Biden seeks re-election to a second term in November. 

“Inflation is down two-thirds from its peak and annual core inflation is the lowest since May 2021. Wages are rising faster than prices over the last year and since the pandemic,” Biden said last month when the Labor Department released its Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for February. 

“Prices for key household purchases like gas, milk, eggs and appliances are lower than a year ago. Inflation is down while unemployment has remained below 4% for the longest stretch in more than 50 years,” the president said.

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