Yup, and most of the prices have largely come back down, at least in my area, and lower wages have jumped (nearly double since 2019). Rent has doubled and used cars are still very lopsided, but on the whole, the average person in my area should be in a similar position vs 2019.
This obviously varies a lot by area. Electricity, for example, has stayed pretty flat, whereas in the article it says it has increased by ~50% in California. So articles like these don’t make a ton of sense to me, they don’t state where those numbers come from, and they definitely don’t look per state to see if it’s really representative of the average person.