ARTICLE · 12 MAY 2026
Permanently rising state and local wage floors—driven by CPI indexing and fragmented regulation—are structurally increasing labor costs across the U.S., squeezing margins for multi-unit operators and manufacturers. A frozen labor market, wage compression, and uneven regional mandates are limiting the ability to reshape the workforce while forcing a strategic rethink of operations.
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