How do you improve the wage rate of a new city?

[vunguyen95148]

Hi guys,

So... Every time I create a city and try to grow it, I always have trouble with the wage rate as it keeps dropping overtime which leads to my jobs and income rating drops also. The wage rate doesn’t have any description and so I wonder how do I know what to do to increase my city’s wage rate or what factor does it affect the wage rate of a city in the game.

Thank you!

[colonel_truman]

Hi guys,

So... Every time I create a city and try to grow it, I always have trouble with the wage rate as it keeps dropping overtime which leads to my jobs and income rating drops also. The wage rate doesn’t have any description and so I wonder how do I know what to do to increase my city’s wage rate or what factor does it affect the wage rate of a city in the game.

Thank you!

I actually have the opposite experience: The wages rise with time.
Maybe you should try to create more factories and encourage the AI to do the same: do not destroy the competition (mergers), and lower the corporate taxes.
Thin profit margins will probably boost wages while monopolies will sink them.
Let "bankrupt" companies keep hiring and expanding, so the generic banks&investors keep transfering their wealth to wage earners.
Maybe increasing the competitiveness of certain industries through the universities will help too.