Average Wages have been growing faster than inflation. [0]

You don't feel it in SF/NYC/Boston/Seattle but that's also due to industry skew, and you absolutely feel the economic change in cities like ATL, Phoenix, Columbus, etc

In the tier 1 cities I mentioned, wages are growing much slower than the cost of living, but that isn't true for the rest of the country anymore.

[0] - https://www.statista.com/statistics/1351276/wage-growth-vs-i...

Last years inflation was 10% in my country. I only got 3% raise because having higher raise would "increase inflation". I'm still able to afford my lifestyle but I don't have the same from 4 years ago.

> Last years inflation was 10% in my country

This is a conversation about America, not your country.

> I only got 3% raise because having higher raise would "increase inflation".

You only got 3% because you were not able or willing to find a buyer to give you more than 3%. Any other reason is just the buyer being polite.

Obviously, this works both ways too.

Which country is that? And who made that excuse that you quoted about inflation? That sounds like something that would be very weird for a private employer to say; so I assume you might be in the public sector, or something with very highly regulated wages?