Sign of inequality: US salaries recover even as jobs haven’t, showing how economy ‘really tanked for

In a stark sign of the economic inequality that has marked the pandemic recession and recovery, Americans as a whole are now earning the same amount in wages and salaries that they did before the virus struck — even with nearly 9 million fewer people working. The turnaround in total wages underscores how disproportionately America’s job losses have afflicted workers in lower-income occupations....