US Wages Still Trailing Inflation, New Bankrate Study Shows

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US Wages Still Trailing Inflation, New Bankrate Study Shows

People shop at a grocery store in New York City on March 12, 2025. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times

Four years after pandemic-era inflation eroded Americans’ purchasing power, wages continue to lag behind inflation, according to a new study.

According to Bankrate’s 2025 Wage to Inflation Index, U.S. workers’ rise in earnings is, on average, 1.2 percentage points below the rise in the cost of living compared with January 2021.

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