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AI may lift wages — then crush them, professors say

Fri, 11/14/2025 - 07:20

Tech Insider : Economy, Business

Workers at the AIpai video generation platform at their office in Beijing on October 15, 2025 — A new Brookings study warns that AI could raise wages now — only to crush them later as machines take over.
PEDRO PARDO/AFP via Getty Images

AI, economy, AI, artificial-intelligence, Workplace, Jobs, Wages

More student-loan borrowers are falling behind on payments — and their paychecks are at risk

Thu, 08/14/2025 - 04:05

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Style

Rear view of college graduate — Defaulted student-loan borrowers are at risk of wage garnishment this summer.
Getty Images

economy, student-debt, student-loans, Trump, Wages, education-department

20 CEOs who make a typical worker's yearly pay in less than a day

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 04:55

Tech Insider : Economy, Business

CEOs of Accenture, Apple, and Disney on top of a money collage background. — Accenture CEO Julie Sweet, Apple CEO Tim Cook, and Disney CEO Bob Iger.
Business Wire; Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images; Tommaso Boddi/Variety via Getty Images; Chelsea Jia Feng/BI

economy, CEOs, ceo-pay, Compensation, Wages, chelsea-jia-feng, bi-illustration

Is the vibecession about to end?

Fri, 11/29/2024 - 09:37

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy, Business

now hiring — A 'now hiring' sign is viewed in the window of a fast food restaurant on August 7, 2012 in New York City.
Spencer Platt/Getty Images

economy, limited-synd, vibecession, Recession, economy, economic-outlook, nfib

Washington, DC, is the best place in the US for pay and good jobs. See the other top states.

Thu, 08/29/2024 - 05:56

Tech Insider : Economy

Factory workers and UAW union members form a picket line outside the Ford Motor Co. Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, Kentucky. — Factory workers and UAW union members form a picket line outside the Ford Motor Co. Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, Kentucky.
Luke Sharrett/Getty Images

economy, Real Estate, finance, Cities, Workers, labor, labor-union

A Gen X dad who drives from Alabama to South Carolina every week for work explains why it's worth it for his career — despite the time away from family

Thu, 07/25/2024 - 12:54

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

Jae Kim — Jae Kim commutes 350 miles every week from Alabama to South Carolina for work.
Courtesy of Jae Kim

economy, Careers, economy, real-estate, Commute, Jobs, Wages

Wages have outpaced inflation since 2020 but many consumers still feel burdened by prices

Wed, 07/24/2024 - 05:57

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy

A photo shows a woman in a grocery store in the fruit aisle. — Over a third of American workers say they live paycheck to paycheck.
SDI Productions/Getty Images

economy, finance, economy, Inflation, consumer, Wages

America is on the brink of an unemployment fiasco

Thu, 07/11/2024 - 05:41

Tech Insider : Economy

Photo illustration of a desk on a cliff's ledge. — Unless the Federal Reserve starts to cut interest rates, the recent increase in unemployment is going to get worse.
Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BI

economy, Discourse, Careers, job, job-market, bi-illustration, bi-graphics

Costco's hourly workers are getting a raise — read the CEO's memo

Wed, 07/10/2024 - 09:38

Tech Insider

A Costco warehouse in Wisconsin. — Costco's starting hourly wage for many positions is now $19.50.
Dominick Reuter/Business Insider

Retail, Careers, Costco, Wages, retail-workers

Gen Zers are relying on the Bank of Mom and Dad way past college

Sun, 07/07/2024 - 06:07

Tech Insider : Economy

Illustration of parents holding up a bridge for their child. — Parents are financially supporting their adult children well into their 20s. In a tough economy, Mom and Dad are the new safety net.
Rob Dobi for BI

economy, Real Estate, Parenting, Discourse, gen-z, Parents, adult-children

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