{"id":35218,"date":"2019-10-17T15:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T15:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=35218"},"modified":"2019-10-17T15:00:04","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T15:00:04","slug":"a-quarter-of-americans-havent-gotten-a-raise-in-years-and-its-part-of-a-pattern-thats-baffling-economists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=35218","title":{"rendered":"A quarter of Americans haven&#8217;t gotten a raise in years, and it&#8217;s part of a pattern that&#8217;s baffling economists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static4.businessinsider.com\/image\/5da63a51cc4a0a546d78a852-1703\/14034459259ee472b8918k.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"upset defeated\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/pabak\/14034459259\/in\/photolist-nobgMv-o4g67Y-pErWy9-68ELTo-5jmVMC-74rJA6-3aRmbQ-2YsES-8BzsTG-2YsFA-iKrUr5-aGdTAX-nu5A2w-d6yqS7-5jzsmh-6wQfQK-7kQAaf-3c86KB-9Nb8BS-6mNsGB-5jADFC-9Nb9aC-athr4g-9rQaQJ-6d2Hxc-8JxuAB-9Nb9BS-cacs5-ahS9jL-5HbKGh-67FhCD-7hoPZ2-54brWT-pHpxri-7DYahF-67gxBg-igUA3-98U2Qk-4TPuLu-4drdBu-2ofsnt-4z4BZm-67g1ua-dACCSX-56Px7-ApeX1p-mTpstp-p3mNXj-s5f2QD-8zpC5F\" \/>Pabak Sarkar\/ flickr<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p> Insider teamed up with Morning Consult to survey more than 2,000 Americans about their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/millennials-gen-x-money-stresses-retirement-savings-2019-10?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">debt, earnings, and financial health<\/a> for a brand-new serial, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/category\/the-state-of-our-money?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">The State of Our Money .<\/a>&#8221; While the majority of members of survey respondents in the labor force have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/call-hire-financial-planner-after-pay-raise-promotion-2019-7?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">gotten a develop<\/a> in the last year or so, about a quarter haven&#8217;t increased their fee in over three years &#8212; or ever. Economists are baffled by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/why-wage-growth-is-slow-2018-9?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">sluggish wage growth<\/a> of the past few years, but say it could be explained in part by companies prioritizing shareholders over workers and clients. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/yourmoney?utm_source=bullet?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">Read more personal investment coverage .<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unemployment in the United Government is <a href=\"https:\/\/markets.businessinsider.com\/news\/stocks\/why-record-low-us-unemployment-doesnt-mean-stronger-wage-growth-2019-10-1028578470?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">at a 50 -year low<\/a>, a traditional signal of a healthy economy. And yet, it&#8217;s still been tough for some laborers to score a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/how-to-get-a-raise-expert-tips2019-4?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">raise<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Insider recently teamed up with <a href=\"https:\/\/morningconsult.com\/2019\/10\/10\/the-toll-of-student-debt-goes-beyond-failing-to-build-wealth\/\">Morning Consult<\/a> to survey 2,096 Americans about their financial health, indebtednes, and earnings for its new series, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/category\/the-state-of-our-money?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">The State of Our Money<\/a>.&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/quarter-of-americans-no-pay-raise-in-years-2019-10?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">See the rest of the story at Business Insider<\/a><\/p>\n<p>NOW WATCH: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/what-el-chapo-joaquin-guzman-really-like-cartel-wives-2017-10?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">What El Chapo is really like, according to the wife of one his closest collaborator<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See Also \ud83d\ude1b TAGEND<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/money-stress-millennial-gen-x-relationships-2019-10?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">Most millennial pairs say fund adds stress to their relationship, and Gen X largely agrees<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/steps-i-had-to-take-before-renting-out-my-first-home?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">I love being a landlord, but I must be given to take 4 paces before a tenant ever set foot in my home<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/best-cheap-car-insurance-georgia?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=referral\">Who has the best cheap car insurance in Georgia ?<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?a=hho7b_NDivM:mjLBvOtZWt8:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"> <\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?a=hho7b_NDivM:mjLBvOtZWt8:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?i=hho7b_NDivM:mjLBvOtZWt8:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"> <\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?a=hho7b_NDivM:mjLBvOtZWt8:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?i=hho7b_NDivM:mjLBvOtZWt8:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"> <\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?a=hho7b_NDivM:mjLBvOtZWt8:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"> <\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?a=hho7b_NDivM:mjLBvOtZWt8:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/businessinsider?i=hho7b_NDivM:mjLBvOtZWt8:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"> <\/img><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/businessinsider\/~4\/hho7b_NDivM\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/businessinsider\/~3\/hho7b_NDivM\/quarter-of-americans-no-pay-raise-in-years-2019-10\">feedproxy.google.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pabak Sarkar\/ flickr Insider teamed up with Morning Consult to survey more than 2,000 Americans about their debt, earnings, and financial health for a brand-new serial, &#8220;The State of Our Money .&#8221; While the majority of members of survey respondents in the labor force have gotten a develop in the last year or so, about &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[13797,3254,551,16087,18352,15747,16878,15998],"class_list":["post-35218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-uncategorized","tag-debt","tag-earnings","tag-health","tag-quarter","tag-series","tag-their","tag-workers","tag-years"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35218\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}