If wages in the US were low, they wouldn't be outsourcing labor to other countries. Reuters must not have realized how many things have "Made in China" stamped on them.
My local supermarket has low prices, and yet sometimes I get things at Costco. Prices are relative. US wages are low relative to historical US wages and wages in comparable countries, yet they are high relative to China et al. There is no contradiction. Otherwise, no country's wages could ever be considered low as long as they were higher than the Central African Republic's.
In addition, many jobs cannot be outsourced.
You do realize that a lot of manufacturing jobs are returning to the US and this is one of the driving factors (along with wage appreciation in China).
And those things don't count as part of the US' GDP. And only count as part of the GNP if they're owned by a US company.
The value of imported goods are subtracted from GDP, but their sales price is added to GDP.
Yes I am sure that they never figured other nations exist and that the US imports from them when making this article.
If there was ever a time when someone should yell "Stop the presses!"