It's one of those cruel ironic twists. Wages actually have increased, but inflation has far outpaced them.
It's only barely begun to level back out. The real question is if the wages will stay high once inflation (and greedflation) calms the fuck down.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1351276/wage-growth-vs-inflation-us/
Trill, Unjoined worm