Category: Articles

  • What is the average wage in the US?

    Updated monthly About $1,275 per week in January 2026, 1.9% higher than a year before. The average weekly wage, the typical earnings that employees bring home for one week of work, is a valuable indicator to assess economic conditions, labor market health, and wage trends. $1.27K average weekly earnings, January 2026 1.9% higher than a…

  • Axios Finish Line: U.S. not them

    I am reading and nearing the end of These Truths – A History of the United States by Jill Lepore, a one-volume Non-fiction (non-propaganda) History, an amazing telling of what it has taken to get to this day. This article was very timely for many reasons; I think we sometimes need to be reminded of…