Real average hourly wages, by wage deciles, 1979–2013
| Wage by percentile | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 95 | |
| Levels (2012 dollars) | ||||||||||
| 1979 | $8.71 | $9.93 | $11.66 | $13.72 | $15.52 | $18.00 | $21.27 | $24.79 | $30.32 | $37.03 |
| 2000 | 8.41 | 10.36 | 12.10 | 13.99 | 16.32 | 19.31 | 22.89 | 27.81 | 36.36 | 46.37 |
| 2007 | 8.62 | 10.46 | 12.21 | 14.33 | 16.74 | 19.86 | 23.58 | 29.09 | 39.02 | 50.41 |
| 2012 | 8.19 | 9.89 | 11.83 | 13.99 | 16.30 | 19.27 | 23.50 | 29.13 | 39.72 | 51.48 |
| Period changes | ||||||||||
| 2000–07 | 2.5% | 1.0% | 1.0% | 2.5% | 2.6% | 2.9% | 3.0% | 4.6% | 7.3% | 8.7% |
| 2007–12 | -5.0 | -5.5 | -3.1 | -2.4 | -2.6 | -2.9 | -0.3 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
| 2000–12 | -2.6 | -4.5 | -2.2 | 0.0 | -0.1 | -0.2 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 9.2 | 11.0 |
| 1979–2012 | -5.9 | -0.4 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 7.1 | 10.5 | 17.5 | 31.0 | 39.0 |
| Recovery years | ||||||||||
| 2009–10 | -0.8% | -1.6% | -1.7% | -1.1% | -1.3% | -1.4% | -1.0% | -0.8% | 0.4% | -0.2% |
| 2010–11 | -2.5 | -2.8 | -2.1 | -2.4 | -2.7 | -2.6 | -2.3 | -1.0 | -2.5 | -1.1 |
| 2011–12 | -1.7 | -1.7 | -1.3 | -1.2 | -0.6 | -0.7 | 0.1 | -0.9 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| Most recent trends* | ||||||||||
| 2011–12 | -2.1% | -2.2% | -1.4% | -1.4% | -0.9% | -0.9% | -0.3% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 0.8% |
| 2012–13 | 0.3 | -0.4 | -0.7 | -0.2 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.0 |
* Year-over-year growth rates are the change from the 1st half to the 1st half.
Source: Authors' analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata