Inflation pushes everything up, just not all at the same time. Wages of low level workers are linked to wages of their managers, and their managers managers, and so on, up the chain and across industries. Labor is (mostly) a fungible asset and goods/services are highly correlated to labor. Can't increase price of goods/services too much if labor and materials aren't increasing, or new competitors will undercut. Can't have an increase in labor cost without a resulting increase in cost of goods/services because of the manufacture cost and because the added buying power will mess up supply and demand equilibrium. Cause and effect brings everything up, but those who are in the "cause" bucket will experience a temporary benefit of being increased ahead of the rest of the pack.
White collar workers are probably the last ones to catch up because they have very little (or no) control over the price of their labor. Some professions may not catch up completely for years. At the end of the day inflation is good for no one except the US government (and maybe some individuals/companies who are drowning in debt).