Blue-collar Wage Growth Under Trump Sees Largest Increase in Nearly 60 Years, Says Treasury Secretary

Miranda Devine : Jun 20, 2025
New York Post

[NYPost.com] Blue-collar workers have seen real wage growth of almost two percent in the first five months of President Donald Trump's second term, the largest increase for any administration in nearly 60 years. The 1.7% pay bump is in stark contrast to negative growth under Joe Biden, according to new data from the US Department of the Treasury. Since Richard Nixon in 1969, Trump has been the only president to record positive growth for blue-collar workers in his first five months... "The only other time it's been this high was... during President Trump's first term," Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told me on the latest episode of the "Pod Force One" podcast... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Click Here to read, and watch the video clip. (Screengrab image: via NY Post)