After growing at more than 3% a year in 2004 and 2005, the pace picked up to a blistering 5.6% annual rate in the first quarter of this year - although the pace has since then slipped back to 2.9%.
So far, though, little of that growth has translated into the hands of the average worker, according to new research from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI).
For real household incomes, the median point - the level at which half of households earn more and half less - has actually fallen over the past five years.
The unprecedented split between growth and living standards is the defining economic agenda
Jared Bernstein, Economic Policy Institute
That marks a notable contrast with the 1990s, when the economic boom boosted both jobs and incomes.
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