I mean technically median income has gone up about 80% in the US since 2005. While inflations CPI over that same time span is around 70%. You can look at
That obviously doesn’t take all factors in cost of living into account (particulary housing). But what you said is basically incorrect and more importantly, completely irrelevant to a moderate increase in price to a consumer good for the first time in over two decades.
Salaries do not keep up with inflation.
I mean technically median income has gone up about 80% in the US since 2005. While inflations CPI over that same time span is around 70%. You can look at
https://www.officialdata.org/us/inflation/2005?amount=100
to calculate rate of inflation and the BLS to cover median income 2005 vs 2025.
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/wkyeng_07202005.pdf
https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2025/median-weekly-earnings-were-1196-in-second-quarter-2025.htm
That obviously doesn’t take all factors in cost of living into account (particulary housing). But what you said is basically incorrect and more importantly, completely irrelevant to a moderate increase in price to a consumer good for the first time in over two decades.