...And according to the Atlanta Fed’s wage tracker, which monitors wages of continuously employed workers, Americans who are willing to change jobs do benefit. The data showed job switchers earned 4.3 percent more money in July 2016 than a year earlier, while people who remained in the same job enjoyed only a 3 percent increase....
...That doesn’t mean that people like her are fueling inflation during tight labor markets, as they often receive better compensation only when their productivity increases, according to Giuseppe Moscarini, a Yale University professor and visiting scholar at the Philadelphia Fed. In fact, Heintz said her raises came with increased responsibility at jobs that better match her skills.
“What we should worry about are wage raises for workers who stay on the same job and are not getting more productive,” according to Moscarini.
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