When, uhhh, when WAS the US economy good for most? Has to be pre-pandemic at minimum.

I wish you the best of luck finding something that works well for you. You got this.

A quick proxy could be overall wage increases for the year. I’m sure average wages for new jobs may be findable somewhere, but BLS recently released this:

Compensation costs for civilian workers increased 3.4 percent, not seasonally adjusted, for the 12- month period ending in December 2025. Wages and salaries increased 3.3 percent and benefit costs increased 3.4 percent over the year.

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/eci.pdf

From BLS report USDL-26-0184 on Feb 10, 2026.

Yes. She would have not been directly involved in the production, amd she was fairly new to the position anyway in the grand scope of the methodology and procedures behind this type of report (she was about a year and a half in), and statistical agencies and the civil servants who work there take methodology VERY seriously (I know, I’ve worked with these kinds of agencies) and they’d have a LOT of reviews and checks in place for something this high profile to ensure it’s as accurate as it can be.

If anything it was more a slap in the face of the non-political government workers who geek out on statistical methodology and just want to produce the most accurate stats they can.

Have no knowledge of this website, but here’s an article about her firing:

https://www.epi.org/policywatch/firing-bls-commissioner-erika-mcentarfer/

A large building with a lot of rentals would be taxed at a high total value, and this increased cost would be passed on to renters, thereby defeating the purpose. It should o ly apply to unrented properties.

Side note, I know nothing about rent control though.