For the first time in years, pay for lowest-income Americans is rising faster than for other groups. Weekly pay for earners at the lowest 10th percentile of the wage scale rose at a faster rate last quarter, from a year earlier, than any other group measured by the Labor Department—including those at the top of the income scales who earn five times as much. The shift for low-income workers—including restaurant workers and...

Source: Wall Street Journal July 20, 2017 09:22 UTC