This delusion is really bizarre. Crappy service jobs are paying extremely well right now. White collar jobs are desperate to hire people too. I honestly think the main issue is that a lot of people took the free COVID money and secretly hoped that they'd get paid to do nothing for the rest of their lives.
There's also the fact that three very specific sectors - finance, tech, and news media - are doing "meh" compared to every other sector, and those sectors have an astronomical influence on how the economy is framed.
