| ▲ | SrslyJosh 3 hours ago | |
> The middle class have financially benefited very little from the past 20+ years of productivity gains. More like the last 50 years. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2018/08/07/for-most-... "For most U.S. workers, real wages have barely budged in decades" The TL;DR is that in 1964 the average hourly wage was $20.27. As of 2018, average hourly wage was $22.65. | ||
| ▲ | zeroonetwothree 2 hours ago | parent [-] | |
1974 median individual income was $28k 2024 median individual income was $45k Over 50 years that’s a decent amount of growth. Obviously it could be better but it’s not nothing. | ||