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The headlines paint a grim picture: The construction industry needs to attract 439,000 new workers in 2025 to keep up with demand. Reports warn of stalled projects, missed deadlines and a workforce ...

Costco this week raised its starting wage for hourly store workers in the United States for the second time this year as businesses hike pay to draw and retain workers amid a labor shortage. Costco ...

With the number of hiring signs hanging in the windows of retail stores and restaurants, it’s no secret that many industries are in dire need of workers. However, federal data indicates that there are ...

American factory workers are some of the most productive and best paid in the world, but that success carries a brutal arithmetic: when labor costs are roughly ten times higher than in emerging ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Adam writes about state and local policy and urban economic issues. After 1980, housing prices in places such as the New York City ...

Alaska Marine Highway System engineers have approved a new three-year contract with the state of Alaska. AMHS marine engineers say uncompetitive pay has driven a severe and worsening workforce ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A new proposal at the South Carolina State House could boost wages for at-home caregivers who serve Medicaid recipients and ease the state’s long waitlist for the program. As of ...

THE country’s housing shortage reflects deeper problems in wages, a labor group on Tuesday said, arguing that current income ...