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BofA cites data from the Atlanta Fed showing that from May through July, wage growth for job-switchers equaled that of job-stayers; the last time this happened was in 2010, during the tepid recovery of the Great Recession.
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2025
The idea of job switching to grow your income has also flipped — since February, wages for job stayers have outpaced the earnings of job switchers, according to Federal Reserve data.
—Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025
While job switching has historically yielded higher pay, recent labor data from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta shows that job stayers are now seeing slightly higher wage growth (4.3%) than job switchers (4.1%) - the first time in over a decade.
—Daisy Auger-Domínguez, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
While stayers got a 5% increase, those who switched jobs got a 7.8% increase.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 10 June 2024
Median pay for job stayers in all sectors rose 6.5% to $57,300.
—Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 1 June 2023
The way the stubborn stayers on social media are consumed and recirculated speaks to both society’s rubber-necking and many viewers’ judgments about the posters’ reality.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2025
The idea of job switching to grow your income has also flipped — since February, wages for job stayers have outpaced the earnings of job switchers, according to Federal Reserve data.
—Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2025
While job switching has historically yielded higher pay, recent labor data from the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta shows that job stayers are now seeing slightly higher wage growth (4.3%) than job switchers (4.1%) - the first time in over a decade.
—Daisy Auger-Domínguez, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
While stayers got a 5% increase, those who switched jobs got a 7.8% increase.
—David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 10 June 2024
Median pay for job stayers in all sectors rose 6.5% to $57,300.
—Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 1 June 2023
The way the stubborn stayers on social media are consumed and recirculated speaks to both society’s rubber-necking and many viewers’ judgments about the posters’ reality.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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“Stayer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stayer. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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