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gruezyesterday at 6:37 PM0 repliesview on HN

No, they're not.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LES1252881600Q

There's a spike and subsequent drop after the pandemic, but that was from service workers being forced out of the labor force by lockdowns. If you exclude that, it follows a steady trend up. And yes, the chart has already been adjusted for inflation.