2025-12-06 02:14:25

Here's a troubling signal from the labor market: the lowest earners are getting squeezed harder than ever. Wage growth for the bottom 25% of US workers just hit +3.5% on a 12-month moving average—the slowest crawl we've seen in at least seven years.

What does this mean for the broader economy? When the people who spend every dollar they earn aren't seeing real income gains, consumer spending could take a hit. And in an economy that's 70% driven by consumption, that's not exactly bullish news.

Keep an eye on this trend—it might be an early warning sign for risk assets.

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ForkYouPayMe

· 8h ago

The wage increase for low-level workers is only 3.5%, which is actually negative growth compared to inflation. No wonder everyone is saying they have no money to spend.

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BlockchainTherapist

· 12-06 02:43

The wages of low-level workers have only increased by 3.5%. Can you even call that a raise? Inflation has probably eaten up more than half of it.

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AirdropF5Bro

· 12-06 02:43

The workers at the bottom have been crushed, the consumer side has collapsed—how can the economy hold up...

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SillyWhale

· 12-06 02:38

With such low wage increases for grassroots workers, purchasing power is gone and the economy is really in trouble.

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SignatureLiquidator

· 12-06 02:36

The wages of grassroots workers have only increased by 3.5%, which is the lowest in the past seven years... The consumer economy is going to suffer.

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ChainWallflower

· 12-06 02:34

The wage growth rate for grassroots workers has dropped to 3.5%. This is the real crisis signal—stop focusing only on the broader market every day.

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SquidTeacher

· 12-06 02:32

Wages for low-level workers increased by 3.5%, but that's before accounting for inflation. The actual income barely increases at all... If consumer spending collapses, the entire economic system will crumble. And yet people still want to stubbornly hold onto risk assets?

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WalletWhisperer

· 12-06 02:21

ngl the 3.5% wage stagnation is giving classic pre-correction energy... bottom quartile always breaks first, that's just behavioral physics. consumption engine running on fumes while everyone watches their charts instead of their groceries lmao

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