: wages measured in money as distinct from actual purchasing power
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Government data shows that while nominal wages have risen every month since December 2021, real wages have fallen year on year for more than 30 of the 41 months since.—Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 7 July 2025 While nominal wages increased by 5.1 percent in 2022, real wages actually dropped by 1.7 percent.—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025 This means that even though Americans’ nominal wages have increased, their real wages have declined as their dollars buy less.—Ron Paul, Orange County Register, 5 Mar. 2024 Japan’s public debt is already 264% of GDP—the highest in the world, and nominal wages (not adjusted for inflation) rose by just 4% from 1990 to 2019, compared with 145% in the U.S.—Time, 13 Nov. 2023 See All Example Sentences for nominal wages
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