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- Season 3 of "The Bear" premiered this week, giving fans a glimpse of life working at a restaurant.
- Business Insider analyzed wage data to see how Carmy, Sydney, and the staff would fare in the US economy.
- Since 2020, restaurant workers' wages have grown faster than inflation, but high housing costs are a burden.
Season 3 of "The Bear" premiered June 26, meaning fans finally got to devour new episodes of the viral kitchen drama.
The previous season followed chef Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto (played by Jeremy Allen White) and his crew transform their beloved family-owned restaurant — the Original Beef of Chicagoland — into a fine-dining restaurant, The Bear.