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The lowest-wage New York workers had the strongest wage growth during the pandemic: New York real wage growth across the wage distribution, 2019–2021
| Real wage growth | |
|---|---|
| Low-wage (10th percentile) | 8.1% |
| Middle-wage (50th percentile) | 6.2% |
| High-wage (90th percentile) | 2.7% |
Note: Low-wage is represented by the 10th percentile and high-wage is represented by the 90th percentile.
Source: Economic Policy Institute (EPI) analysis of Current Population Survey basic monthly microdata, EPI Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 1.0.40 (2023), https://microdata.epi.org.
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