Boston’s low-wage workers struggle to rise, BRA study shows

BOSTON – Low-wage workers in Boston, the economic engine that drives the region, have largely been passed over by growth for a quarter century, in terms of real income, according to a report issued by the Boston Redevelopment Authority. The roughly $35,000 inflation-adjusted median income for Boston residents who worked in 2014 was about the same as in 1990 and in 2000, according to the report, which shows most future job growth will come in occupations that require at least a four-year college

BOSTON – Low-wage workers in Boston, the economic engine that drives the region, have largely been passed over by growth for a quarter century, in terms of real income, according to a report issued by the Boston Redevelopment Authority. The roughly $35,000 inflation-adjusted median income for Boston residents who worked in 2014 was about the same as in 1990 and in 2000, according to the report, which shows most future job growth will come in occupations that require at least a four-year college…