[Coededgeme]

Originally posted by Japher
So, if cost of health care benefits goes up then the cost of compensation goes up? So really it has nothing to do with wages, just costs. Well, it has to do with wages in so far they're part of the costs, but otherwise yes.

For wages growth better check tables A & B here: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/eci.nr0.htm (only aggregate, not hourly numbers)

And for what's happening on the income side, check this: http://bea.gov/bea/newsrel/pinewsrelease.htm