As jobs return, pay raises follow: Hourly wages make biggest jump since 2008

February 6, 2015

Last year was the first year since 1997 that the private sector added more than 3 million jobs, said James Hughes, a Rutgers University economist. “If we maintain that pace, you get the wage increases that come when labor markets tighten,” Hughes said.

North Jersey.com, Feb. 6

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