Low-wage workers got big raises during the pandemic. Now that's coming to an end.

• A new report from the left-leaning Economic Policy Institute analyzes wage growth from 2019 to 2022.
• Researchers found that the lowest-earners saw the highest real wage growth out of the groups analyzed.
• That growing pay was due to pandemic policy and need for workers, but those policies have ended.

The lowest-earning workers got a big pay bump during the pandemic, but those wage gains probably won't stick, as policies that bolstered wallets, helped keep children out of poverty and hunger, and kept people in their homes have all come to an end.