Sentences with phrase «in average wage growth»

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The government's proposal to raise the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour by January 2019 will bring it to roughly 55 per cent of the average wage, if wage growth keep pace with inflation in the intervening period.

San Jose held the top position among the 40 largest metro areas in three of our five metrics: Its Q3 2017 average weekly wage of $ 2,297, 2016 GDP growth rate of 5.9 %, and 2016 GDP per capita of $ 126,820 were all best among the nation's big cities.

Atlanta's Q3 2017 average weekly wage of $ 1,067 was right in line with the average among the 40 largest metro areas of $ 1,095, and the region's 2016 GDP growth rate of 3.7 % was the eighth - highest.

Houston was one of just two of the 40 largest metro areas to experience a decrease in economic activity in 2016, with a GDP growth rate of -3.0 %, but its Q3 2017 average weekly wage of $ 1,187 was the seventh - best.

Yes, wage growth is now faster than it was in the first 5 + years of the recovery, when it averaged 2.0 percent.

Wage growth has averaged around 2 % annually, roughly in line with inflation.

In contrast, the following areas saw the least amount of wage growth, falling slightly below the national average of two percent:

The November 2015 average weekly wage of $ 1,073 was the second highest in the country, and was 5.6 % higher than the weekly wage in November 2014, the third highest wage growth rate.

Iowa's November 2015 unemployment rate of 3.4 % was the sixth lowest among the states and DC, and its average weekly wage grew 4.7 % between November 2014 and November 2015, the sixth - highest growth rate in the country.

Unadjusted career average earnings will result in a smaller denominator than career average earnings that are adjusted to reflect wage growth, as in the C / QPP benefit rate calculation, and both are likely to be lower than a measure of best average earnings for people whose earnings are high relative to average earnings for limited periods of time.

Again, the smooth trend (6 - mos average, in this case) in wage growth deserves a close look, and it shows remarkably little acceleration given the persistent tightness of the job market.

Given the above assumptions for retirement age, planning age, wage growth and income replacement targets, the results were successful in 9 out of 10 hypothetical market conditions where the average equity allocation over the investment horizon was more than 50 % for the hypothetical portfolio.

A further moderation to about 160,000 is expected in 2018, but average wage growth of 2.5 % could pick up as businesses continue to struggle to attract and retain employees.

On average, workers see big wage growth in their 20s.

The study also neglects to consider several reasonable explanations for a modest premium in public administration hourly wage growth compared to the average.

However, the lack of growth in hourly earnings is something of a conundrum (average hourly wage growth was flat month - over-month in June and up over the past year by just 2 %).

There are many theories on the inconsistent wage growth, with debates reignited with every monthly fluctuation in average hourly earnings.

Average weekly earnings data for May showed a sharp increase in ordinary - time earnings growth, although the quality of this series as an indicator of wage growth over the short term is poor.

Enterprise bargaining outcomes in the early part of the year also suggested little change in the rate of wage growth; new federal enterprise agreements in the March quarter yielded an average annualised increase of 3.4 per cent, unchanged from the previous quarter.

The Wage Cost Index continues to record wages growth at an annual rate of around 3 1/4 per cent, and there has been little change in the wage increases being negotiated under enterprise bargaining, which continue to yield average annualised increases in the 3 1/2 to 4 per cent raWage Cost Index continues to record wages growth at an annual rate of around 3 1/4 per cent, and there has been little change in the wage increases being negotiated under enterprise bargaining, which continue to yield average annualised increases in the 3 1/2 to 4 per cent rawage increases being negotiated under enterprise bargaining, which continue to yield average annualised increases in the 3 1/2 to 4 per cent range.

That said, B.C.'s strong economic growth over the past three years, combined with a) the announced small business tax relief, b) the new training and youth employment programs (also announced today), and c) a lower - than - average percentage of our working population who actually make minimum wage (about 5 %, compared to 7.1 % nationally), leaves us in a position to cautiously view the announced increases as «reasonable.»

More recently, wage growth has shown signs of stabilisation, with growth in the private sector wage price index unchanged for the past six quarters, while a broader measure of wage pressures, the growth in average earnings per hour, has picked up of late.

One key statistic to watch in 2018 will be the change in monthly average hourly wage growth.

While job creation has been undeniably strong in recent months (an average of 290,000 over the last three months), it's the sluggish wage growth and productivity that appear to be larger issues.

But after surging in the previous month, most likely due to the effects of the hurricanes, average hourly earnings were unchanged in October, pushing annual wage growth down to 2.4 %.

Inflation control, however, is not the only consideration in gauging the appropriate rate of average wage growth.

Faster average wage growth in Australia has been accompanied by trend growth in labour productivity which is faster than the average of the countries shown in the table.

Unemployment in November remained at 4.1 percent, but average hourly wage growth is on a pace for 2.5 percent growth this year, below the 2.7 percent expected.

Coming to wage growth, the average annual weekly earnings of employees in nominal terms (not adjusted for inflation) increased by 2.2 percent with bonuses and 2.1 percent excluding bonuses.

Despite 42 percent wage growth over the past decade, the average salary for a Brooklyn worker was a citywide low $ 38,550 in 2012.

Extreme weather conditions can affect wage growth, which is the increase in average county wages.

Participants in competency - based information technology programs at community colleges are completing programs quickly and are experiencing stable employment rates and higher wage growth than the national average, according to a comprehensive four - year study from Mathematica Policy Research.

Given the above assumptions for retirement age, planning age, wage growth, and income replacement targets, the results were successful in 9 out of 10 hypothetical market conditions where the average equity allocation over the investment horizon was more than 50 % for the hypothetical portfolio.

Given the above assumptions for retirement age, planning age, wage growth, and income replacement targets, the results were successful in nine out of 10 hypothetical market conditions where the average equity allocation over the investment horizon was more than 50 % for the hypothetical portfolio.

Wage growth was the surprise component of January's report with only a slight gain in average hourly earnings of 0.1 percent.