The White House announced this week that within the first 150 days of the second Trump administration, blue-collar wages rose at the highest rate in 60 years.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made the announcement Tuesday on X.

“Thanks to @POTUS’s pro-growth, America First policies, real wages for hourly workers are up nearly 2% in the first five months of @realDonaldTrump’s second term — the strongest growth in 60 years,” Bessent wrote, and included a chart comparing the real-wage hourly growth in the first five months of the nine previous presidencies to Trump’s second term.

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