Then, if her wage rose to $5, everyone would come out a little bit ahead.

Last year, wages rose an average of about 3 percent.

Real wages rose by more than 10 percent last year.

Wages will rise a total of 21 percent over six years.

Wages will rise in response to this, but not by much.

His wage has risen from $5 to $6 an hour.

Since 1995, wages for these workers have risen by nearly 4 percent a year.

Wages have been rising in some cities, but not others.

Average wages, while far below those in the West, have risen more than 70 percent since 1999.

For most of those jobs, wages are low and rising slowly.