Yay cost of living increase

I was going to write about something else today, but the long awaited cost of living increase finally came in. I got a $0.75, or 4.7% increase, which is roughly in line with local inflation. There was an article in the paper about how the average working wage has gone up about 4% this year. However my memory is a little foggy so I can't really say if I got more than the average, or less. While my increase is greater than 4%, I forget when the previous cost of living increase was. Though I'd be very surprised if it was exactly a year ago.