Fact-check: “Wages have kept up with inflation”
Verdict: Misleading (78% confidence)
The answer depends heavily on which wage measure and which time window you use. Over the most recent 12-month period (July 2025–July 2026), BLS shows real average hourly earnings fell 0.2% and the Employment Cost Index shows inflation-adjusted wages and salaries fell 0.1–0.4%, while inflation ran at 3.4% — so hourly pay did not keep pace. A narrower measure — BLS median weekly earnings for full-time workers — rose 4.6% in Q2 2026 against 3.9% CPI, and real weekly earnings were up slightly when…
This fact-check was conducted by SpinkillerAI, a non-partisan AI-powered accountability platform.
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