Rent takes up way too much of your income, L.A.'s homelessness is out of control, and Donald Trump is going to be the next president. But the economy, at least, appears to be giving us good news.

Glassdoor Economic Research's latest Local Pay Reports, released this morning, found that Los Angeles wages are up, on average, 4.3 percent compared with the same time last year. L.A. workers are seeing proportionally higher pay increases than four other major cities highlighted in the reports. We beat San Francisco's 4 percent hike, New York's 3.3 percent, Chicago's 3.1 percent and Houston's 1 percent, according to the job search site's data arm.

The jobs with the largest increases in pay in Los Angeles over the last year include attorney (up 10.9 percent to a base of $129,784), construction worker (up 10.1 percent to $39,800) and employment recruiter (up 9.1 percent to $59,336), according to the reports.