“RESERVATION WAGE”
By Staff Reporters
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According to the latest New York Federal Reserve employment survey released Monday, the average “reservation wage,” or the minimum acceptable salary offer to switch jobs, rose to $78,645 during the second quarter of 2023. That’s an increase of about 8% from just a year ago and is the highest level ever in a data series that goes back to the beginning of 2014. Over the past three years, which entails the Covid-19 pandemic era, the level has risen more than 22%.
The number is significant in that wages increasingly have been recognized as a driving force in inflation. While goods prices have abated since pushing overall inflation to its highest level in more than 40 years in mid-2022, other factors continue to keep it well above the Fed’s targeted rate of 2%. The New York Fed data is consistent with an Atlanta Fed tracker, which shows wages overall rising at a 6% annual rate but job switchers seeing 7% gains.
Employers have been trying to keep pace with the wage demands, pushing the average full-time offer up to $69,475, a 14% surge in the past year. The actual expected annual salary rose to $67,416, a gain of more than $7,000 from a year ago and also a new high. Though there was a gap between the wage workers wanted and what was offered, satisfaction with compensation and upward mobility increased across the board.
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Here is where the major benchmarks ended today:
- The S&P 500® Index was up 30.06 points (0.7%) at 4,399.77; the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) was down 36.97 points (0.1%) at 34,463.69; the NASDAQ Composite (COMP) was up 206.81 points (1.6%) at 13,497.59.
- The 10-year Treasury note yield (TNX) touched a fresh 16-year high at about 4.35%, finishing up about 9 basis points at 4.344%.
- CBOE’s Volatility Index (VIX) was down 0.21 at 17.09.
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