After an initial spike, the US median wage has steadily declined throughout the pandemic

Monthly change in private employees’ seasonally and inflation-adjusted median weekly earnings from January 2019

+8%

Pandemic

+6

+4

+2

0

-2

2019

2020

2021

2022

+8%

Pandemic

+6

+4

+2

0

-2

2019

2020

2021

2022

+8%

Pandemic

+6

+4

+2

0

-2

2019

2020

2021

2022

+8%

Pandemic

+6

+4

+2

0

-2

2019

2020

2021

2022

+8%

Pandemic

+6

+4

+2

0

-2

2019

2020

2021

2022