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Boston’s Wage Growth Lags National Averages as Tech Hub Struggles With Compensation Pressures
The city built its identity around knowledge work. That identity is getting more expensive to maintain. Boston’s labor market tells two different stories depending on which number you look at. Unemployment is low. Wage growth is lagging. The city has built its economic identity around the knowledge sectors — life sciences, biotech, higher education, finance,…
