Black unemployment may be down as the president loves to point out, but Black workers' wages are lagging according to a Wall Street Journal analysis of Labor Department statistics.
So if African-American unemployment is now at the lowest number in history, median income the highest, and you then add all of the other things I have done, how do Democrats, who have done NOTHING for African-Americans but TALK, win the Black Vote? And it will only get better!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2018
The released stats show U.S. workers received an inflation-adjusted median weekly earning raise of 5.3% or $46 when comparing early 2019 numbers to late 2007 when the recession first began. But Black workers saw wages in the same time frame jump just 1.6% or $11.
"In a hotter economy, it's important to be looking at the structural issues that may be inhibiting Black workers from seeing better gains," said Valerie Wilson, an economist and the director of the Economic Policy Institute's program on race, ethnicity and the economy.
Wilson described one of the structural issues at play to the Journal to be a lack of jobs in Black communities as well as a reluctance to hire those with criminal backgrounds, as Justice Department numbers show more Blacks are in prison than whites despite only accounting for 13% of the population.
The types of jobs available to Black workers is also keeping wage numbers down.
“As the economy has gotten somewhat better, more Black workers are securing lower-wage jobs," Margaret Simms, an economist and nonresident fellow at the Urban Institute, said. "And that's causing the averages to come down."
Hispanic workers saw the most significant jump with an 11.8% increase or $73 per week. Even with the gain, however, they still have the lowest average weekly earnings of $692 closely following Black workers at $711.
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