wages and salaries

基本解释

Rising commodity prices exacerbate the problem, since they push up inflation and reduce the spending power of wages and salaries.
自從他們推高了通貨膨脹率和減少了工資和薪金的購買力，日用品價格上漲更加劇了問題的惡化。
Wages and salaries rose by 3%, while corporate profits fell by 9%, from the third quarter of 2007 through the third quarter of 2008, according to Commerce Department data.
美國商務部的數據表明，從2007年第三季度到2008年第三季度，美國工資和薪金上陞了3%，而企業的利潤下跌了9%。
The remarkably low share of wages and salaries in GDP makes China the most “capitalist” large economy in history.
勞動報酧在GDP中所佔比重如此之低，使中國成爲歷史上最“資本主義的”大型經濟躰。

So after the tax hikes wages and salaries are now barely growing after inflation.
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Over that same time frame, wages and salaries have grown 3 to 5 percent a year.
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