Maine’s average weekly wage increased by less than $40 — from $1,249 in the first three months of 2024 to $1,283 in the first quarter of 2025.
wages
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Thousands of people moved to Maine since the pandemic. The influx isn’t over.
Remote work made it possible for more people to live here. It has helped the state but is straining it, too.
advertisement
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Morning Sentinel
Wage increases, more vacation time at heart of Huhtamaki steelworkers contract
Members of United Steelworkers Local 449 at the Huhtamaki food service and packaging products mill in Waterville voted overwhelmingly to ratify a three-year contract that includes wage increases and more vacation time.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
CEOs got hefty pay raises in 2023, widening the gap with the workers they oversee
The median pay package for CEOs rose to $16.3 million, up 12.6%. Meanwhile, wages and benefits netted by private-sector workers rose 4.1% through 2023.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Equal education, unequal pay: Why is there still a gender pay gap in 2024?
Not even education can close the pay gap that persists between women and men, according to a recent U.S. Census Bureau report.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World
U.S. price and wage increases slow further in the latest signs of cooling inflation
A price gauge closely monitored by the Fed rose just 3% in June from a year earlier, which is down from a 3.8% annual increase in May, but still above the Fed’s 2% inflation target.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: A healthy respect for health care system pay equity
If MaineHealth and Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems paid their highest non-physician earners $500,000, tops, each would have over $2 million to raise entry-level or ‘less-skilled’ workers’ wages.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Low-wage workers bear financial brunt of denied abortions
It has always been difficult to be pregnant on the job and to raise a child, but especially so for low-wage workers.
Posted inElection 2022, Local & State
Author Ibram X. Kendi speaks in Portland on legacy of slavery and the tipped wage
During an hour-long talk at the First Parish Unitarian Church on Friday, Kendi talked about the history of slavery and tipping, and how to overcome bias and change policy.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Marty Walsh: Actually, America’s workforce is stronger than ever
We shouldn’t emerge from the pandemic with a soured view of our national work ethic, the U.S. labor secretary says.