People walk by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in the financial district of New York City, U.S., June 14, 2023.
Meanwhile, respondents to the bank’s Survey of Consumer Expectations said that the lowest wage they’d accept to take a job also jumped, hitting a record $78,645, from $72,873 a year ago.
The survey said that survey respondents said that in July the average wage offered for a full-time job was $69,475 versus $60,764 in July 2022.
The jump in compensation, actual and expected, came even as poll respondents saw some softening around the edges of the job market.
The New York Fed reports on labor market expectations quarterly as part of a data series best known for tracking the expected path of inflation and household financial situations.
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