Figure B
Average annual wage growth, telecommunications and all workers, by wage percentile, from 1973–1979 to 2016–2019
| Category | Growth rate |
|---|---|
| Productivity | 1.82% |
| 0 | |
| 10th percentile | -0.31% |
| 50th percentile | 0.43% |
| 90th percentile | 1.15% |
| 0 | |
| 10th percentile | 0.22% |
| 50th percentile | 0.29% |
| 90th percentile | 0.88% |
Source: EPI analysis of Current Population Survey data (EPI 2020) and Bureau of Labor Statistics Labor Costs and Productivity data (BLS 2020c). Wages are adjusted for inflations using the CPI-U-RS (BLS 2020a).
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