UW-Madison labor economist and High Road Strategy Center associate director Laura Dresser discusses the group’s State of Working Wisconsin 2024 report on job numbers, wage growth and gender pay gaps.
Month: August 2024
Wisconsin sees record pay growth, especially for Black, Hispanic women
As inflation calmed last year, Wisconsin workers’ buying power grew at a record rate, according to a new report from the High Road Strategy Center, a University of Wisconsin-Madison think tank. The center’s annual “State of Working Wisconsin” report shows what’s changed for workers of different races and genders in the last year.