U.S workers just took home their smallest share of capital since at least 1947—and the lowest ever recorded
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U.S workers just took home their smallest share of capital since 1947—and the lowest ever recorded
As corporate earnings soar and U.S. GDP balloons, the American workforce isn’t feeling the same boom. American workers are taking home less of the country’s overall income, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows, and employment in the U.S. is set to continue to slow. Labor share, or the portion of the U.S.’s economic output that workers receive through salary and wages, decreased to 52.8% in the second quarter of 2026, its lowest level s…
U.S. labor participation would have fallen to 52.8%, according to figures cited in a Fortune note, while corporate profits reached record levels. Economists point to automation, job slowdown and immigration restrictions, although the timeline of published data presents an inconsistency that prevents them from being treated as a confirmed series.
U.S workers just took home their smallest share of capital since at least 1947—and the lowest ever recorded
As corporate earnings soar and U.S. GDP balloons, the American workforce isn’t feeling the same boom. American workers are taking home less of the country’s overall income, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows, and employment in the U.S. is set to continue to slow. Labor share, or the…
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