White House economists say common measures of how much Americans earn have been undershooting the pace of compensation growth, both during President Trump’s time in office and his predecessor’s.

They offer an alternative approach, detailed in a paper released by the Council of Economic Advisers on Wednesday, that takes into account aging workers, a different inflation measure and changes to how workers are compensated. Their methodology shows adjusted total compensation rose 1.0% in the second quarter from a year earlier.

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