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Most wage earners were not affected by the income tax increase.
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These payments are in part calculated by work history and income but also are adjusted every year based on the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W).
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
The Social Security Administration bases its COLA each year on average annual increases in the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W) from July through September.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
But the past few years of layoffs, hiring slowdowns, and dwindling worker protections have left a subset of wage earners inclined to keep their cards close.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
The program’s new emphasis on higher wage earners, who will receive more slots in the visa lottery compared to recent college graduates, will favor older, more experienced applicants, said Ben Johnston, COO of Kapitus, a small business lender.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
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Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
The Social Security Administration bases its COLA each year on average annual increases in the consumer price index for urban wage earners and clerical workers (CPI-W) from July through September.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
But the past few years of layoffs, hiring slowdowns, and dwindling worker protections have left a subset of wage earners inclined to keep their cards close.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
The program’s new emphasis on higher wage earners, who will receive more slots in the visa lottery compared to recent college graduates, will favor older, more experienced applicants, said Ben Johnston, COO of Kapitus, a small business lender.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
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“Wage earner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wage%20earner. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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