Martin Kohli, Chief Regional Economist at the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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In both the nation and the New York area unemployment has returned to pre-recession levels.  Despite the recovery, wage and salary increases remain relatively modest in many industries, occupations, and geographic areas.  This presentation will review wage trends and identify industries, areas, and demographic groups with both larger- and smaller-than-average wage increases. Trends in benefit costs and provisions will also be discussed.  The presentation will conclude by discussing salaries for compensation professionals in the nation and the New York area.

Martin Kohli is the Chief Regional Economist in the Bureau’s New York office. He has presented talks on the regional economy, emphasizing the importance of demographic issues to numerous groups. His article on the healthcare industry in New York City was published in the Monthly Labor Review and cited in the New York Times. He is keenly interested in the consequences of the aging of the population, both in the nation and in the New York area, and in the changing geographic division of labor. He graduated from Northwestern University, where he majored in philosophy, and earned his Ph.D. in economics at the New School.