
Over the last two years, the Covid-19 pandemic has triggered many changes in American life, but workers in Washington State and across the country continue to face difficulties making ends meet. Hazard pay premiums for essential workers have temporarily boosted worker pay, but inflation through February 2022 was at its highest rate since 1982, erasing many of these wage gains. Although average wages in Washington have grown more since the Great Recession than the national average, wages for most workers have still not kept pace with the cost of living, including the wages of essential home care workers.
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