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One County To See 33% Wage Index Increase In 2021

Published on Fri Jul 10, 2020

Where does your area fall in the wage index reshuffle? The 5 percent cap on wage index decreases in 2021 — but no such cap on increases — is good news for scores of counties across the U.S. Background: Under an Office of Management and Budget wage index area restructuring announced in April 2018, 34 counties (and county equivalents) that [...]
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