 One sign of that is average wages, which rose 3.9% over the last 12 months. It's the first time in three years that annual wage growth has dropped below 4%. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington. Stocks resumed their record run-ups on Wall Street today on the continued strong jobs numbers. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 67 points to close at 39,375. The Nasdaq was up 164 points. The S&P 500 gained 30 points today.