Congrats, we've not even recovered half the jobs that disappeared. Unemployment is only as low as it is because of the 'lost' workers.Look at job creation since January 2021.
Any wage increase we've gotten has been destroyed by inflation and then some! As for the percentage of inflation reported of 6.8%...that's a joke. Real estimates of inflation that don't throw out random things like gas from the calculations puts inflation at something like 14%. That hurts, it hurts a lot.