Severe weather contributed to January’s jump in the average hourly wage by limiting the hours that salaried employees were able to work. As their hours return to normal, annual wage growth is likely to drop from January’s 4.2% to 3.4% in February and we expect it decline to as little as 2% by the summer.
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