The reservation wage is the lowest salary at which a job applicant will accept a new role.
A recent survey found that the average reservation wage has risen to nearly $80,000.
That's a record high — and shows that while the job market has slowed, workers may still have the upper hand.
The results, which reflect the responses of 1,000 people nationwide, show that the average reservation wage — the lowest wage at which someone would accept a new job — was $78,645 as of July.
That's an almost $6,000 jump from the average reservation wage reported in July 2022.
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Organizations:
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Locations:
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