From Milwaukee Courier, Natalie Yahr for Wisconsin Watch:

“Concern about prices rising is not just prices rising, but it’s against the backdrop of how fast wages are rising. How many people are keeping up, and what components of the population are keeping up?” Chinn said.

So…without ado:

Figure 1: Average hourly wage in 2025$ using CPI-all urban (blue), using CPI for wage earners and clerical workers (red). Source: BLS and author’s calculations.