Figure C4
High-wage earners have continued to pull away from everyone else since 2000: Cumulative percent change in real hourly wages for Hispanic workers, by wage percentile, 2000–2020
| Year | 10th | 50th | 90th | 95th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2001 | 1.3% | 4.8% | 0.9% | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 1.7% | 5.5% | 2.6% | 1.3% |
| 2003 | 3.5% | 4.2% | 5.7% | 4.0% |
| 2004 | 4.8% | 1.9% | 5.3% | 4.9% |
| 2005 | 1.9% | 2.1% | 4.8% | 5.8% |
| 2006 | 1.7% | 4.5% | 5.5% | 5.3% |
| 2007 | 2.4% | 6.5% | 7.6% | 9.8% |
| 2008 | 3.7% | 6.7% | 7.8% | 8.6% |
| 2009 | 4.5% | 7.4% | 12.2% | 12.9% |
| 2010 | 5.4% | 5.2% | 10.2% | 13.7% |
| 2011 | 4.7% | 2.5% | 9.8% | 9.0% |
| 2012 | 2.8% | 2.3% | 8.6% | 9.4% |
| 2013 | 1.8% | 2.2% | 10.0% | 12.8% |
| 2014 | 1.5% | 4.3% | 11.8% | 12.1% |
| 2015 | 6.2% | 7.3% | 12.7% | 14.1% |
| 2016 | 10.5% | 11.5% | 18.1% | 21.0% |
| 2017 | 11.0% | 15.7% | 19.3% | 21.5% |
| 2018 | 16.1% | 13.9% | 18.9% | 21.5% |
| 2019 | 15.7% | 18.2% | 21.2% | 24.9% |
| 2020 | 19.1% | 24.9% | 31.8% | 33.4% |
Note: The xth-percentile wage is the wage at which x% of wage earners earn less and (100−x)% earn more.
Source: Economic Policy Institute Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 1.0.15, (2021), https://microdata.epi.org.
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