So far this year, real wages for non-supervisory workers fell by nearly 0.5%. This is part of a long-term trend that explains why household incomes in the middle of the distribution are lower than they were a quarter-century ago.
如此多人失业，这导致官方数据表现出工资下降的压力。截至目前，今年非管理岗位工人的真实工资下降了近0.5%。这是一个长期趋势的一部分，而这个长期趋势解释了为何位于收入分布中段的家庭的收入比四分之一个世纪前更少了。