{"id":336,"date":"2025-01-22T20:03:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T20:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/?p=336"},"modified":"2025-01-22T20:08:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T20:08:40","slug":"1-22-2025-wages-in-chattanooga-measurement-trends-and-composition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/2025\/01\/22\/1-22-2025-wages-in-chattanooga-measurement-trends-and-composition\/","title":{"rendered":"1\/22\/2025: Wages in Chattanooga: Measurement, Trends, and Composition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"427\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-22-150148.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-337\" style=\"width:313px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-22-150148.png 427w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-22-150148-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-22-150148-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/crer\/files\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-22-150148-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This paper analyzes wage trends in the Chattanooga metro area between 2001 and 2023. Throughout this period, wages in the area were below those for the country as a whole. The first half of the period, which had two recessions, saw Chattanooga\u2019s real median wage fall while the country\u2019s rose. During the second half, however, median wage growth was significantly higher locally. Real wages in Chattanooga rose across the wage distribution between 2012 and 2023, with especially strong growth at the lower end. Chattanooga\u2019s wage inequality was lower than the country\u2019s throughout 2001-2023 and plunged after the COVID pandemic. When account is taken of Chattanooga\u2019s relatively low cost of living, its effective real median wage in 2023 is less than a dollar below the national level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/2025-01\/crer-white-paper-8-wages.pdf\">Download pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/gary-w-rollins-college-of-business\/crer\/research#WP7TheGeographyandDemographicsoftheChattanoogaJobsBoom\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This paper analyzes wage trends in the Chattanooga metro area between 2001 and 2023. Throughout this period, wages in the area were below those for the country as a whole. The first half of the period, which had two recessions, saw Chattanooga\u2019s real median wage fall while the country\u2019s rose. 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