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Residential Building Wages Grow at Unprecedented Rate

Jing FuNovember 4, 2024November 4, 2024

Wages for residential building workers grew at a fast pace of 9.9% in September, following a 10.8% gain in August. These year-over-year growth rates in the past four months were unprecedented in the history of the data series since 1990. After a 0.3% increase in…

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Residential Building Wages See Fastest Growth in More Than Five Years

Jing FuAugust 5, 2024August 5, 2024

Residential building workers’ wage growth accelerated to 9.0% in June. This marks the fastest year-over-year (YOY) growth rate since December 2018. After a 0.3% increase in June 2023, the YOY growth rate for residential building worker wages have been trending upward over the past year….

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Residential Building Wages Continued to Rise

Jing FuMay 6, 2024May 7, 2024

In March, residential building workers’ wages continued to grow but at a relatively slower pace. After an acceleration of a 6.2% increase in the previous month, the year-over-year (YOY) growth rate for residential building worker wages slowed to 5.1% in March. According to the Bureau…

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Residential Building Wages See Fastest Growth in More Than Two Years

Jing FuApril 8, 2024May 8, 2024

Residential building workers’ wage growth accelerated to 6.2% in February. After a 0.3% increase in June 2023, the year-over-year (YOY) growth rate for residential building worker wages have been trending up over the past eight months. The recent acceleration in wage growth was mainly due…

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Residential Building Wages Continue to Increase

Jing FuJanuary 8, 2024May 7, 2024

The year-over-year (YOY) growth rate for residential building worker wages decelerated to 0.6% in June 2023. Over the past five months, wage growth accelerated moderately and reached 4.0% in November. Overall, average hourly earnings for residential building workers* increased at a relatively slower pace in…

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Residential Building Wage Growth Slowing

Jing FuOctober 10, 2023May 8, 2024

After more than a year of strong gains, average hourly earnings for residential building workers* increased at a relatively slower pace in the past few months. Wage growth has retreated below 3%, from the peak rate of 8% in 2021. According to the Bureau of…

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