U.S. small business job growth remained steady in 2025, according to Paychex, while hourly wage growth stayed below 3% for a 17th straight month.

In recent years, a shift has emerged in the US economy: for many workers, earnings are rising at a pace that outstrips the ...

Looking at the government’s own report cards, how did the US fare under the first year of Trumponomics 2.0?

US wage growth for job stayers topped that for those who changed jobs for a sixth straight month in July, the longest such stretch since the wake of the Great Recession, according to data from the ...

The Employment Cost Index shows wages and benefits grew 3.5% in September year-to-year. That’s the lowest increase since 2021. Let’s talk about your paycheck. Not your specific paycheck, but ...

Wage growth is slowing down for all workers following the booming recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, but it’s dropping at the fastest pace for workers at the bottom end of the income spectrum.

Data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; Chart: Axios Visuals Benton County, Arkansas, saw the most wage growth among large U.S. counties between the first quarters of 2024 and 2025, per new federal ...

Growth in the cost of labor ticked down during the third quarter—a positive sign for the Federal Reserve’s ongoing battle to bring inflation back to 2%. Compensation costs for all civilian workers in ...

The average hourly earnings for all employees on private nonfarm payrolls grew by just 0.1% in November from the previous month. Compared with a year ago, wage growth measured just 3.5%. That’s much ...

Millions of American workers are getting a pay raise starting January 1, 2026, as 22 states increase their minimum wages — ...

If you walk into Town Center Music in Suwanee, Georgia, in the suburbs of Atlanta, you’ll see all sorts of guitars hanging from the walls. If you ask, you can probably get someone who works there to ...